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DRC sues Apple over blood minerals

This episode examines the reasons behind the involvement of Western multinational corporations like Apple in the illicit trade of minerals from the Democratic Republic of Congo amid the genocide in this country.

The ongoing conflict in mineral-rich regions of the Democratic Republic of Congo, characterized by targeted and indiscriminate violence, has resulted in over six million deaths since 1998. Why are Western multinationals such as Apple involved in the smuggling of minerals from Congo amid the genocide in this country?

In the second part, attention shifts to Algeria, where President Tebboune demands that France acknowledge the crimes committed during the colonial period in the country. Will France acknowledge that it killed 5.6 million Algerians during its brutal colonial rule over the country?