Africa's Minerals Are Being Bartered for Security - Why It's a Bad Idea

Africa’s Minerals Are Being Bartered for Security: Why It’s a Bad Idea

A minerals-for-security deal among the DRC, Rwanda and the US is as bad as the Ukraine "raw earths" security commitments.

Africa's Minerals Are Being Bartered for Security - Why It's a Bad Idea

Analysis - A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security.

Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea - Other News - Voices against the tide

By Hanri Mostert* and Tracy-Lynn Field* – The Conversation A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security. The peace deal, signed in June 2025, aims to end three decades of conflict between the DRC and Rwanda. A key part of the agreement binds…

Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: why it’s a bad idea

Image credit: Georgii Eletskikh on UnsplashA US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security. Read more...

Africa’s Minerals Are Being Bartered For Security: Why It’s A Bad Idea - Global Upfront Newspapers

By Hanri Mostert & Tracy-Lynn Field African nations need to negotiate contracts that ensure they hold on to the power their resources bring. A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security. The peace deal, signed in June 2025, aims to end thre…

Africa's minerals are being bartered for security: why it's a bad idea

African nations need to negotiate contracts that ensure they hold on to the power their resources bring.