Belgian museum and US startup in dispute over over colonial-era resource data
22 Jun 2026, 11:03 GMT
Topic: Africa
Source URL: https://www.dw.com/en/belgian-museum-and-us-startup-in-dispute-over-over-colonial-era-resource-data/a-77585740?maca=en-rss-en-africa-8291-rdf
The Democratic Republic of Congo wants access to colonial-era geological data held in Belgium. A US mining startup says it can digitize it. So why won't the museum that stores the archive let the company have it?