DRC: Seeking Minerals, Trump Tries Dealmaking and Peacemaking

Dec 1, 2025 | Théodore de Kerros
Christian Science Monitor
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Along the ripped flanks of the Rubaya hills, in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of workers dig through one of the world’s largest concentrations of coltan – a mineral that fuels both the 21st-century economy and one of its longest-running conflicts.