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Update · Strategic Minerals Medium

The DRC Tripled Its List of Strategic Minerals. Seven Things to Know.

Meta Title: Lobito Corridor Analysis: Central Africa Impact Report

Brief · Infrastructure Essential

BRIEF • Lobito Corridor Infrastructure Analysis: Strategic Implications for Central Africa, Southern Africa

This strategic intelligence briefing explores regional infrastructure developments in Central Africa, Southern Africa, highlighting the role of Lobito Corridor, transport link in…

Brief · Critical Minerals Essential

BRIEF • Geopolitics of Critical Minerals in the Lobito Corridor Analysis: Strategic Implications for Central Africa, DRC, Angola

This strategic intelligence briefing explores regional infrastructure developments in Central Africa, DRC, Angola, highlighting the role of Cobalt supply chain, Lobito Corridor,…

Update · Trade Public Medium

Evaluating Supply Chain Risks: Perspectives from Africa and Asia-Pacific

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Brief

Kabila Is Now an OFAC Blocked Person: What Every SPA-Aligned Investor Must Do

OFAC designated Joseph Kabila on 30 April 2026. Five immediate compliance steps for SPA-aligned investors and operators with DRC exposure.

Brief

Kinshasa’s 9 Billion Dollar Gamble: The DRC Between the US and China

The DRC used a 9 billion dollar US mining deal to extract a Chinese trade concession. But the Orion-Glencore MOU cannot close,…

Brief · Critical Minerals · Geopolitics Essential

Strategic Corridor Analysis: What is the Sakania-Lobito Corridor?

The Sakania-Lobito Corridor is a strategic transit railway routing project designed to connect the mineral-rich Katanga region of the Democratic...

Brief · Trade Essential

What is the US-DRC Strategic Partnership?

The US-DRC Strategic Partnership is a bilateral framework between the United States and the Democratic Republic of Congo, announced in...

Brief · Geopolitics Essential

Lobito Atlantic Railway: Strategic Implications of the May 2026 Concession Award

The concession award for the Sakania-Lobito Corridor logistics consortium marks a structural change in the financing and risk structures of...

Dossier · Critical Minerals · Trade Professional

Strategic Asset Reserve: Application to Cobalt — Methodology and Implications

This dossier contains version-controlled intelligence tracking the application of the Strategic Asset Reserve framework to the Katanga cobalt market. It...

Update High

Lobito Atlantic Railway: Consortium Award to AFC-Led Group

The Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) has formally announced the selection of the consortium led by LAR Partners as the preferred...

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