DR Congo vs. Apple: A Push for a More Equitable Distribution of Critical Mineral Profits

Feb 19, 2025 | Bernadette Vivuya
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On 17 December 2024, a bombshell dropped that sent shockwaves through the tech world: the Congolese government, which controls one of the world’s largest reserves of the minerals crucial for producing high-end electronic devices, filed a lawsuit against Apple. The government in Kinshasa is accusing the American tech giant of sourcing illegally mined Congolese minerals from the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and smuggling them through Rwanda with the help of the M23 rebel group.