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Tshisekedi dispatches delegation to ERG Metalkol site amid looting

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An artisanal cobalt mine in Kolwezi, DRC, in August 2025.
An artisanal cobalt mine in Kolwezi, DRC, in August 2025. © Minako Sasako/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP

The national security council sent a large delegation of senior intelligence and security officials to the site of Metalkol, a subsidiary of the Eurasian Resources Group, in Lualaba province. It was a delicate mission that was not without resistance or incidents.

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