US and DRC close in on minerals deal

The Trump Administration’s Africa adviser says the US is working on a deal that would would give American companies more control of critical mineral assets in Democratic Republic of Congo. That would be in exchange for more support to the government in Kinshasa. Host Marco Werman speaks with Jason Stearns, the founder of the Congo Research Group at NYU.

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