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Africa's Minerals Are Being Bartered for Security - Why It's a Bad Idea
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AND RWANDA, JUL 21 – The June 2025 peace deal ties mineral exports from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to US investment and vague security guarantees, raising concerns over sovereignty and conflict persistence.
- In June 2025, a US-mediated agreement was reached in Washington between Rwanda and the country known as the DRC, aiming to resolve a conflict that has lasted for about thirty years.
- The agreement introduces a resources-for-security arrangement linking the DRC's mineral supply to the US in exchange for vaguely defined American military oversight.
- The DRC, with 109 million people and vast deposits of critical minerals, faces ongoing conflict fueled by competition involving government forces and about 130 armed groups over mining sites.
- Resources-for-Security deals, pioneered earlier by China and Russia, often erode sovereignty, create kleptocracies, and divert resource wealth away from local populations despite offering short-term stability.
- Skepticism remains about the peace deal’s impact due to vague security commitments and persistent rebel violence, prompting calls for stronger legal capacity and transparent mineral governance in African states.
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A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one in which 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 […] The post US lands African resources with version of Chinese-Russian scheme appeared first on Asia Times.
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.
After the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) and Rwanda signed a peace agreement in Washington on 27 June, Kinshasa also reached an agreement with the... Read more
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