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UAE signs deal to develop mines in eastern DR Congo

People work at the Kalimbi cassiterite artisanal mining site north of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [File: Griff Tapper/AFP]

The United Arab Emirates has signed a $1.9bn deal with a state mining company in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to develop at least four mines in the African country’s turbulent east, the Congolese presidency says.

President Felix Tshisekedi’s office said on Monday that an Emirati government delegation had signed the partnership in the capital, Kinshasa, with Societe Aurifere du Kivu et du Maniema (Sakima).

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