The US is far behind China in getting access to Africa’s rare metals, like cobalt

Nearly 70 percent of the world’s cobalt, used to make electric vehicle batteries, comes from the DRC. Christian-Geraud Neema, a China-Africa analyst and nonresident scholar in the Carnegie Africa Program tells VOA’s Carol Van Dam the U-S is far behind China when it comes to gaining access to Africa’s precious metals, especially cobalt.