Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire
  • omnibus

The Congo and Trump's Mineral Deal
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
02 May 2025
🖨️ Print Article

Black Agenda Radio · The Congo and Trump's Mineral Deal

The Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Rwanda recently signed a Declaration of Principles in Washington. Is Rwanda ending its M23 group’s incursion into the DRC? What are the principles agreed to? How will this impact the people of Congo? Why did these events take place in Washington? What is the US role in the conflict? Maurice Carney, Executive Director of Friends of the Congo, joins us from Washington to provide analysis

Democratic Republic of Congo
Congo mineral wealth
Extraction
Rwanda
M23
Congo

Related Podcasts

Immigration flight graphic
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Trump Africa Policy: Imperialism, Resource Extraction, and Deportations
25 July 2025
Our guest is Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan African Newswire.
Black Agenda Radio June 27, 2025
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio June 27, 2025
27 June 2025
In this week’s segment we hear about a peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda.
Peace treaty signing
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Congo and Rwanda Agreement Will Benefit the West at the Expense of the Congolese People
27 June 2025
Maurice Carney is the Executive Director of Friends of the Congo.

More Stories


  • Editors, The Black Agenda Review
    POEM: Note to All Nazis, Fascists and Klansmen, Langston Hughes, 1943
    29 Jan 2025
    Langston Hughes’s 1943 poem against fascism is precise, droll, and eternal.
  • Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
    Why Hasn’t the UNSC Sanctioned Rwanda or Referred Its President to the ICC?
    29 Jan 2025
    The UN Security Council (UNSC) has never sanctioned Rwanda or referred its president to the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite decades of UN documentation of their international crimes in…
  • Clau O'Brien Moscoso
    Dollarization in Ecuador: How the Safest Country in Latin America Became a Money Laundering Transnational Crime Hub
    29 Jan 2025
    Ecuador was once a safe country. However, U.S. interference, the rise of neoliberal economic policies, the dollarization of its currency, and enhanced state repression have combined to worsen the…
  • Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
    The fire this time … (as Amiri tolt me)
    29 Jan 2025
    "The fire this time … (as Amiri tolt me)" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
  • Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
    BAR Book Forum: Jessie Cox’s Book, “Sounds of Black Switzerland”
    29 Jan 2025
    In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Jessie Cox. Cox is Assistant Professor of Music at Harvard University. His book is…
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us