Lawyers for the Republic of Congo sent to the American company “Apple” an official notice in which they demanded that the company stop its violations, stressing that “Apple products are contaminated with the blood of our people.”

Congo’s lawyers, based in Paris, accused Apple of buying metals smuggled from the African Republic to neighboring Rwanda, where they were laundered and integrated into the global supply chain.

“Apple has sold technology made of metals from an area whose population is being devastated by gross human rights abuses, Macs, iPhones and other Apple products are contaminated with the blood of the Congolese people,” Congo’s lawyers said.

Apple declined to comment on the allegations, noting that it is “deeply committed to relying responsibly on the material that goes into our products.
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An official at the Central Bank of Sudan revealed that 121 bank and exchange branches in the capital, Khartoum, were completely looted and their buildings destroyed, and equipment, furniture, and a number of cars were looted.

The official explained to the “Sudan Tribune” website that about 367 ATM machines were completely destroyed in the three cities of the capital: Khartoum, Bahri, and Omdurman, noting that the relevant government agencies conducted a survey of the locations of the machines using the Google Maps application.

The official confirmed that there is a “major scarcity of liquidity amid plans to print banknotes abroad,” which has not yet been resolved by officials in the city of Port Sudan.
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