DRC: Govt Struggles with Vague Chinese Mining Contract

Oct 5, 2021 | Patrick Ilunga, Nation
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More than a decade after the Democratic Republic of Congo signed, and, a year later, renegotiated a mining contract with the Chinese, it still faces the question of what really is in there. This month, a report by the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) is expected to be published and hopefully eliminate the opaqueness that has punctuated China's involvement in the Congolese extractive sector. Its preliminary version was hailed by local experts as exposing "prejudice unprecedented in the history of the Congo".