DRC: How Mines in War-Torn DRC Lie at the Heart of Trump’s Fortune-Hunting in Africa

Mar 25, 2026 | Sam Kiley
Independent
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The east of DRC is rich in tin, gold, timber and other resources that have attracted opportunists and multinational corporations in equal measure since the collapse of the dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko, in what was then Zaire, during the mid-1990s.