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Trump wants the US to cash in on mineral-rich DR Congo’s peace deal.

While Trump’s meeting with five African leaders in early July was meant to replace aid with trade, the event served little more than optics. Still, beneath the diplomatic smiles lies a deeper concern: a renewed scramble for Africa’s vast mineral wealth, raising the specter of modern-day colonialism in a new economic guise.

On 27^th of June 2025, DRC and Rwanda signed a peace agreement in Washington, on mainly hidden terms.