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DR Congo Highlights U.S. Partnership as Critical Minerals Cooperation Expands
Congolese lawyers and a rebel leader challenge the agreement, while the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation has already deployed about $3.8 billion.
- The Democratic Republic of Congo seeks multiple international partners, including the U.S., to develop its critical minerals, and does not view American involvement as competition with China.
- In December 2025, the U.S. and DRC signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement to expand economic cooperation and secure critical mineral supply chains, linking it to peace efforts in the region.
- The DRC faces ongoing conflict with the M23 rebel group controlling key mining areas, with violence continuing despite peace efforts involving Rwanda.
- The minerals partnership faces legal challenges within the DRC over constitutionality, and rebel groups question the agreement's legitimacy and implementation in the territories they control.
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Kinshasa Questions Credibility of Key American Player in DRC Minerals
Africa · Central Key Facts —Strategic Partnership Agreement. Signed in December 2025, the U.S.-DRC deal grants Washington preferential access to cobalt, copper, coltan and lithium in exchange for security cooperation. —Constitutional challenge. A coalition of Congolese lawyers petitioned the Constitutional Court on 21 June 2025 to invalidate the agreement, arguing it was never submitted to […] The post Kinshasa Questions Credibility of Key Ameri…
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