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Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

The state auditor is stepping up pressure on the miner owned by China and DRC in the hope of forcing the initial 2008 deal between Kinshasa and Beijing to be renegotiated. [...]

Published on 19.01.2023 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Mining

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DRC
China Machinery Engineering Corp
China Railway Group
Felix Tshisekedi
Gecamines
IGF
Joseph Kabila
Jules Alingete Key
Sicomines
Sinohydro
Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co
Zhu Jing

DRC
Kinshasa hones Sicomines strategy ahead of talks with Chinese partner

President Felix Tshisekedi has asked his ministers and advisers to set out the key requests the government will take to the Chinese part of Sicomines. The two sides need to meet to negotiate a 'review' of its mining convention.

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Ever since Félix Tshisekedi took power, Washington had hoped he would curb China's huge influence in the country. Four years later, the United States is bitterly disappointed that it has failed to break Beijing's hegemony in strategic mining issues.

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US president Joe Biden and his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi in October 2021.

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Beijing scrabbles to rescue its reputation in DRC mining sector

China's supremacy in Congolese mining has recently been challenged by both the government in Kinshasa and by Washington's renewed influence in the DRC. Beijing, in a bid to counteract this trend, has overhauled its previous communications strategy to focus on transparency and human rights.

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How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

The president's plans to revise all the contracts the DRC has signed with China were largely inspired by the United States.

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Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (left) during a meeting with Mike Pompeo, the Trump administration's Secretary of State in Washington, on 3 March 2020.

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi seeks to renegotiate Kabila-era deals with China

The Congolese government is trying to renegotiate contracts signed with Beijing during the long reign of former president Joseph Kabila. Some of their terms are now deemed contrary to the national interest.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 05.05.2021

DRC's President Felix Tshisekedi meets with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Kinshasa.

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Fertiliser giants Indorama and Dangote in murky waters over urea shortage

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Washington watches as Tehran negotiates with Niamey for 300 tonnes of uranium

DRC
Kinshasa blocks Sicomines imports to force contract review

DRC
Kinshasa hones Sicomines strategy ahead of talks with Chinese partner

Spotlight | DRC
Top adviser Bifort ousted as Tshisekedi purges his inner circle

In Focus | DRC, United States
US disillusioned over failure to turn DR Congo away from Beijing

China, DRC
Beijing scrabbles to rescue its reputation in DRC mining sector

China, DRC, United States
How Washington pushed Tshisekedi to renegotiate Kabila's China contracts

Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi seeks to renegotiate Kabila-era deals with China