As Conflict Rages in Congo, President Offers U.S. Minerals Deal
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 25, 2025
In his first interview since an armed group backed by Rwanda seized swaths of his country’s territory this year, Felix Tshisekedi, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, offered the United States and Europe a stake in his country’s vast mineral wealth, a sector currently dominated by China.
Congo is considered to be among the world’s wealthiest countries in terms of natural resources. It provides much of the world’s coltan, which is used to power smartphones and computers. It also holds more than half . . .
