Politics● Elevated5d ago · Oct 31, 2026, 3:00 PM
“These people take advantage of the weakness of our state”: in the DRC, the “cobalt capital of the world” at the heart of Sino-American rivalry
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Le Figaro International · Sub-Saharan Africa
REPORTAGE - Alors que le pays fournit environ 75 % de ce minerai et près de 14 % du cuivre extraits dans le monde, la cité minière de Kolwezi focalise les ambitions rivales des deux puissances.
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