US Peace Efforts in DRC Could Usurp Chinese Regime’s Grip in Region: Analysts

The United States has taken a major step toward breaking Beijing’s stranglehold on critical minerals by helping broker a cease-fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Eastern DRC has some of the world’s largest deposits of such minerals, including cobalt, copper, and lithium. These materials have become essential to modern life and future energy security, manufacturing, and defense. The United States is pushing the DRC and Rwanda to sign peace accords, along with bilateral minerals agreements in Washington, within two months. The accords could bring billions of dollars in Western investment to the region, according to Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior Africa adviser....