"Uganda to begin certifying conflict minerals", 13 February 2020.

Uganda has signed an agreement with the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) and the German Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), to adopt the certification mechanism and audit of minerals termed as 'blood' or 'conflict' minerals...The agreement is good news to miners and mineral exporters in Uganda who have not been exporting these minerals legally due to the absence of the certification mechanism. An industrial, small scale or artisanal miner possessing the certificate shows that the mineral was conflict or blood-free and can be sold at a good price on international markets...

The term “conflict minerals” and “blood minerals” refer to minerals that contribute to armed conflict, risks, child labour, corruption, violence and human rights abuses in the region...Regional member states set up in 2010 the ICGLR Regional Certification Mechanism on the Fight against illegal Exploitation of Natural Resources to issue certificates, audit mining companies and mineral exporters [of Tin, Tungsten, Tantalum and Gold]...