FYI - More detail on what is happening in the Congo - a bloody civil war with the prize of cobalt sales to the EU and elsewhere

https://peterhalligan.substack.com/p/fyi-more-detail-on-what-is-happening 

South Africa Takes on Trump. Top government officials threaten to withhold minerals in response to U.S. aid cutoff announcement.

https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/02/05/south-africa-trump-ramaphosa-usaid-minerals/