DR Congo leaders want more from Beijing than mineral sales

FILE - A man watches a conveyor belt loaded with chunks of raw cobalt after a first transformation at a plant in Lubumbashi, Congo, on Feb. 16, 2018, before being exported, mainly to China, to be refined. President of Congo Felix Tshisekedi arrives at the Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. FILE - In this photo taken on May 20, 2015, Chinese workers travel on the back of a trailer pulled by a tractor on their way to work in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. FILE - M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba, in the eastern of Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2022.