Trump hosts Africa summit seeking minerals

U.S. President Trump will host a summit of five African nations – seizing the momentum of a U.S.-brokered peace deal between DRC and Rwanda – to gain the rights to West Africa’s critical minerals


AFRICA SUMMIT JUL 9-11

Wider summit set for Sep 2025 when African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) – duty-free access to U.S. market – set to expire

Mauritania
Gold, iron, copper, 
rare earth minerals, 
uranium

Senegal
Titanium, 
zirconium

Guinea-Bissau
Phosphates, 
bauxite

Liberia
Iron, diamonds, gold, 
uranium, rare earths

Gabon
Manganese, iron, gold, uranium, rare 
earths. Lost AGOA eligibility Jan 2024

Democratic Republic of Congo
June peace deal with Rwanda 
ends decades of fighting and 
gives U.S. access to world’s 
richest mineral reserves, including 
cobalt, lithium, tantalum and tungsten

Rwanda

AGOA eligible
Lost eligibility
Ineligible


In “new strategy to support Africa”, U.S. envoys will be rated on commercial deals struck


Sources: AGOA, Semafor, Reuters
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