Their view: Congo gives US mineral riches for protection

What Do Congo’s Minerals and a Shadowy Prison Deal Have in Common? Erik Prince

Erik Prince, the controversial founder of Blackwater and longtime ally of Donald Trump, is mounting a major comeback. He has secured a new deal to “protect” the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) lucrative mineral sector and is pitching a privatized prison complex in El Salvador that critics say echoes Guantanamo Bay. In a letter dated Feb. 8, 2025, Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi proposed that, in exchange for U.S. military support to co…

Their view: Congo gives US mineral riches for protection

“The vilest scramble for loot that has ever disfigured the history of human conscience” is how Joseph Conrad described colonial-era concessions granted to private companies for Congo’s natural resources in Heart of Darkness. Under Donald Trump, that scramble may be…

Almayadeen, Latin American Summary, April 22, 2025. The return of former President Joseph Kabila to the Democratic Republic of the Congo puts at risk Western investments in the country, especially in the light of U.S. measures to conclude an agreement with Kinshasa to secure the minerals. The return of former President Joseph Kabila [...] The entry Democratic Republic of the Congo. Power struggle in DRC threatens U.S. mineral ambitions was first…

What Do Congo’s Minerals and a Shadowy Prison Deal Have in Common? Erik Prince – altnews.org

Erik Prince, the controversial founder of Blackwater and longtime ally of Donald Trump, is mounting a major comeback. He has