New front in US-China rivalry opens, this time in Congo’s copper and cobalt mining heartland

DRC has offered US access to its vast mineral wealth as part of a broader plan to end violence in the country’s east, where fighting has intensified this year after the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group seized strategic cities

New front in US-China rivalry opens, this time in Congo’s copper and cobalt mining heartland
DRC has offered US access to its vast mineral wealth as part of a broader plan to end violence in the country’s east, where fighting has intensified this year after the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group seized strategic cities