US Exploring Limited Easing of Sanctions on Israeli Billionaire Dan Gertler usnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from usnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Gertler in 2017 and 2018, accusing him of leveraging his friendship with former Congo President Joseph Kabila to secure lucrative mining deals.
Impunity and pollution abound in DRC mining along the road to the energy transition mongabay.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mongabay.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Although his country sits on a cornucopia of critical minerals, President Tshisekedi has failed to draw in heavyweight investors
, More deals between Washington and Kinshasa to secure supplies of critical minerals are being negotiated as both sides try to improve relations and avoid regulatory snafus – on both sides. Against this backdrop, Kinshasa s state mining company Gécamines has signed a one-year contract worth $925,000 with Mercury, a K Street lobby shop in Washington DC. It could also add to diplomatic pressure to end the brutal proxy war in mineral-rich eastern Congo.
US diplomat Amos Hochstein, the White House's special coordinator for energy security, is opposed to an exhaustive audit of Dan Gertler's assets. Several other officials want such a review to take