#resource-exploitation

#resource-exploitation

African countries are rejecting US bilateral health agreements as exploitative, with demands for biological resources, data sharing, and mineral access violating national sovereignty.

US strategic moves aim to secure DRC critical minerals through Project Vault and trade deals, risking exploitation while failing to build local processing capacity or protect communities.

Eastern DRC communities fear US-led critical-minerals agreements will prioritize foreign supply security and worsen exploitation, poverty, displacement, and instability.