Dell and Microsoft accountable for their dependence on child labor in the DRC's cobalt mines. Marchand, the lawyer who filed the suit, said it had been proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Apple ...

Battle for control of DRC fuelled by increasing demand for minerals such as coltan and cobalt, crucial in smartphones and ...

The DRC's Washington-based lawyer Robert Amsterdam described the ... fueling violence and conflict by financing militias and terrorist groups and contributing to forced child labor and environmental ...

Apple is facing criminal complaints by the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which accuses the company of illegally using ...