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…