Donald Trump looks to The Democratic Republic of the Congo for potential deal on rare earth minerals

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US President Donald Trump made it clear he wanted to strike a deal with Ukraine on rare earth minerals. But after negotiations with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy stagnated he is looking at another war-torn nation facing an invader as another option: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The rebel group known as M23 has been fighting in the eastern part of the African nation for more than a decade. Since the beginning of this year, they've staged a remarkable resurgence. First the M23 captured Goma, the biggest city in the DRC's mineral-rich North Kivu Province. Then they overran government...