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

Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (left) during a meeting with Mike Pompeo, the Trump administration's Secretary of State in Washington, on 3 March 2020. © Ting Shen/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

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

Published on 25.06.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes Olivier Liffran

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