Africa’s Minerals Are Being Bartered for Security: Why It’s a Bad Idea

Jul 21, 2025 | Hanri Mostert and Tracy-Lynn Field
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A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo 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. The peace deal, signed in June 2025, aims to end three decades of conflict between the DRC and Rwanda.