The Democratic Republic of Congo could be closer to overhauling two controversial Chinese deals. Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi told Reuters the government is in active talks with Sicomines, a joint venture between the DRC’s state mining company Gécamines, and Sinohydro and China Railway Group, who were supposed to build infrastructure in exchange for a 68% stake in a mining venture:
“We already have a framework, we have some key elements of change that we want to bring in that agreement,” Kazadi said, though he declined to provide further details.