Africa’s minerals are being bartered for security: Why it’s a bad idea
Fuelled by competition, exploitation and armed violence
Resources-for-infrastructure and resources-for-security deals give African nations short-term stability, funding, and international goodwill, but often come at the long-term cost of reduced sovereign control.
Hanri Mostert AND Tracy-Lynn FieldA US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one wh...
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