Topline: Apple, Alphabet, Dell, Microsoft and Tesla are being sued by 14 Congolese families for “knowingly benefiting” from the “cruel” use of children as young as 6 in the Democratic Republic of.

The Central African CFA franc ( French: franc CFA or simply franc; ISO code: XAF; abbreviation: F.CFA) is the currency of six independent states in Central Africa: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.