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Italian Judge Accepts Eni's Request to Settle Congo Republic Oil Probe

2021-03-25 14:09:06| OGI

Eni has said it had no role in the allocation of licenses or in the Congo Republic governments choice of local partner.

Apple, Alphabet, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla sued over Congo cobalt mining exploitation

2019-12-17 12:01:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) US human rights group IRAdvocates has filed a federal class action lawsuit against Alphabet, Apple, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla on grounds of "knowingly benefiting from and aiding and abetting the cruel and brutal use of young children in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to mine cobalt," a key component of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court in Washington District of Columbia on behalf of 14 unnamed plaintiffs who are either guardians of children killed or maimed in tunnel or wall collapses while mining cobalt in the DRC or children maimed in the accidents.

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Top tech firms sued over DR Congo cobalt mining deaths

2019-12-16 20:13:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

A lawsuit accuses Apple, Google, Tesla, Microsoft and others of using cobalt mined by child labour.

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Eutelsat signs up Orao Telecom Congo for CIRRUS hybrid satellite/OTT

2019-11-12 12:30:38| Digital TV News

Eutelsat (Paris: ETL) has announced a contract with Orao Telecom Congo for video capacity on one of its satellites at 7° East. Orao Telecom Congo has also signed up for Eutelsat CIRRUS, Eutelsats hybrid satellite/OTT channel delivery system.

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