The International Monetary Fund is nearing a deal with the Democratic Republic of Congo worth billions in debt relief and aid.
But the agreement depends on China revising a $9bn (€6.6bn, £6bn) mines for infrastructure pact.
The deal, signed last year, gives Chinese companies rights to develop copper and cobalt reserves in one of the world' richest mining zones – but which is also among its least stable and poorest states. In exchange the Chinese would build roads, railways, schools and clinics.
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