Democratic Republic of the Congo, U.S: Executive Order 13817, cobalt, and why Tshisekedi's U.S. visit
Summary: Political analysis suggests Tshisekedi's U.S. visit from April 2-6 anomalous. U.S. geostrategy reveals the intent and precedent behind the Congo president's first non-African official foreign travel. Analysis Democratic Republic of the Congo President Félix Tshisekedi concluded an official visit to the U.S. on April 6 in what was his first official travel outside of Africa since becoming the Congo's leader on January 24. On a political level, Tshisekedi's visit was anomalous for the degree to which the Trump administration facilitated a substantial series of official U.S. government, multilateral institutional, and private sector meetings for an African head of state, …