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Africa: DRC's Rise to Africa's Top Five - A Moment Built on Minerals and Momentum
[allAfrica] A quiet but consequential shift is underway in Africa's economic order. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), long defined by paradox vast wealth amid deep poverty,is now projected to become sub-Saharan Africa's fifth-largest economy in 2026.
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