Kwale, Kenya, Oct 31, 2025 (AFP) - Global race for rare earths comes to Kenya's Mrima Hill

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2025-10-31

Division and suspicion have gripped five villages near Kenya's coast as global powers from the United States to China eye a forest that is rich in rare earths -- minerals vital to high-tech and low-carbon industries. The US government under President Donald Trump has made securing critical minerals central to its diplomacy in Africa, including through a peace deal in the resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo this year. Mrima Hill -- a fore......

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