EditorialA mine owned by Glencore, a Swiss-based firm that is facing a corruption investigation, in Kolwezi, Congo, on April 25, 2021. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
EditorialAlbert Yuma Mulimbi is a powerbroker in Congo and the chairman of Gécamines, the state-owned mining company. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
EditorialAlbert Yuma Mulimbi is a powerbroker in Congo and the chairman of Gécamines, the state-owned mining company. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)
EditorialA youth searches for stray cobalt that may have been dropped by trucks at a mine dug by a Chinese-Congolese mine in Kolwezi, Congo, April 25, 2021. (Ashley Gilbertson/The New York Times)