France, Feb. 9 -- Congolese lawyers and human rights defenders filed a petition on 21 January arguing the agreement should have been approved by parliament and may even require a referendum under the constitution.
Last Wednesday, Trump praised Tshisekedi at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington- a gathering of US political leaders and foreign dignitaries- calling him a "good guy".
Asking Tshisekedi to stand up and be applauded as a strong partner to the United States, Trump added that he was a "very brave and wonderful man".
The praise came two months after Congo and the United States signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement on critical minerals, linked to the Washington Accords, a US-brokered peace deal between Congo and Rw...