Nairobi, June 29, 2026 (AFP) - Kenya-US rare earths deal challenged in court over secrecy

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2026-06-29

A multi-billion-dollar rare earth minerals deal between Kenya and the United States was challenged in a Kenyan court Monday, accused of lacking transparency. The deal involves minerals critical to high-tech and low-carbon industries in the coastal forest of Mrima Hill, which is believed to hold deposits worth about $62.4 billion, including large reserves of niobium, a metal used to strengthen steel. The Centre for Litigation Trust, a legal advoca......

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