World leaders, ministers, and industry officials from more than 50 countries are gathered in Washington today for the inaugural Critical Minerals Ministerial , aimed at strengthening global supply chains for materials essential to modern technology, clean energy, and national defense, U.S. officials said. The summit, hosted by Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the U.S. State Department, comes amid rising concerns over dependency on a small number of producers, particularly

Courtesy Image On December 20, 2025, only weeks after a new peace agreement, the Washington Accords , between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda was signed,  the U.S. Secretary of State, Marco Rubio described the deal as something new: a baseline that could be enforced . For the first time, the United States positioned itself as the central broker of a formal peace framework between the two countries, signaling a deeper diplomatic and strategic investment i