Brussels, Belgium, Feb 12, 2026 (AFP) - Belgian museum blocks US firm's access to DRC mining files

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2026-02-12

Belgium's AfricaMuseum is the country's biggest dedicated to the Congo, displaying millions of colonial-era objects and zoological specimens. But it also holds the archives from the 1960s and 70s of Belgian companies that ceased operations in the former colony, including geological maps. Now, with a race for rare earths gathering pace across the globe, the institution is grappling with the question of whether it should share them with the mining......

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