DRC: US and EU Critical Minerals Project Could Displace Thousands in DRC – Report

Dec 4, 2025 | Rachel Savage
Guardian
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Up to 6,500 people are at risk of being displaced in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure project funded by the EU and the US, amid a global race to secure supplies of copper, cobalt and other “critical minerals”, according to a report by campaign group Global Witness.