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🇨🇩DR Congo’s president Félix Tshisekedi has replaced Gécamines’ chair and CEO after they opposed a US-backed deal. 🌐 Reuters says Tshisekedi removed Guy Robert Lukama as chair and Placide Nkala Basadilua as CEO of Gécamines, Congo’s state mining company, and appointed Deogratias Ngele Masudi as chair and Baraka Kabemba as CEO. ⏩ The shake-up is linked to Kinshasa’s talks with Washington on a minerals partnership. Gécamines owns mining leases of Chemaf — the company that the US-based Virtus Minerals seeks to take over with the backing of Washington. ⏩Gecamines blocked the sale of Chemaf to the Chinese back in 2024, but its management was apparently unhappy about just handing the assets over to the Americans instead, seeking to establish its own control over Chemaf's copper and cobalt mine — now the transfer may advance without obstacles. Although the DRC, in exchange for its zealous defense of American interests, has already been able to liberate the city of Uvira just for free (the M23 withdrew from there after Trump's request), Washington is not yet ready for further engagement in the conflict. Even sanctions against Rwanda, for which Senator Lindsey Graham allegedly personally stood up, apparently no one will be introduced yet. #News ✈️ Stay informed - @devilsbelow