US firm Alphamin resumes tin mining in M23 zone after Boulos visit
US President Donald Trump's Senior Advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, addresses a press conference at the US Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda on April 8, 2025.
American mining firm Alphamin has resumed operations in M23-occupied Walikale in eastern Congo, following the visit of Donald Trump's envoy to the Great Lakes region.
In a press briefing in Kigali, Rwanda, on Tuesday evening, Trump’s senior adviser for Africa, Massad Boulos, announced that his visit to the region was partly to help push the resumption of mining in Alphamin-controlled tin mines, which the miner abandoned in early March as the rebels advanced.
