Africa · Central
Key Facts
—Strategic Partnership Agreement. Signed in December 2025, the U.S.-DRC deal grants Washington preferential access to cobalt, copper, coltan and lithium in exchange for security cooperation.
—Constitutional challenge. A coalition of Congolese lawyers petitioned the Constitutional Court on 21 June 2025 to invalidate the agreement, arguing it was never submitted to parliament.
—U.S. investment envelope. The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation has already deployed around $3.8 billion in DRC under the strategic minerals framework.
