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Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

M23 rebels at the Goma-Gisenyi Grande Barrier border crossing, 1 March 2025. © Arlette Bashizi/Reuters

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi has been pulling out all the stops to buy time since Rwandan-backed rebels captured swathes of territory in eastern DRC. He hopes that offering mining projects will win him support from the US and the United Arab Emirates. [...]

Published on 05/03/2025 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 5 minutes Olivier Liffran

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Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi dangles mineral resources in exchange for help against M23

Inner circles | DRC
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Spotlight | DRC
The intriguing recipients of Congo's debt repayments

Spotlight | DRC
Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest

DRC
Behind the mysterious million-dollar fees for revising 'contract of the century'

Spotlight | DRC
Ailing Gécamines ordered to open its books

DRC
The drilling contracts scandal that's causing embarrassment all the way to the presidency

DRC
Gécamines tries to block Chemaf sale to Chinese firm