During the 39th African Union (AU) Summit earlier this month, Africa’s critical minerals took centre stage. Addressing the summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasised that Africa’s mineral wealth must serve the interests of its people.
Guterres warned against repeating historical patterns of extraction, stating that there should be ‘‘no more exploitation’’ and ‘‘no more plundering’’ of the continent’s mineral wealth.
