German company ThyssenKrupp Metallurgical Products has been given exploitation rights for rare earths in Burundi - a country in turmoil over President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term.
Private mining company Rainbow Rare Earth Limited explored an area of 39 square kilometers (15 square miles) in the Gakara area for about four years. Conditions seemed ideal: Hundreds of thousands of tons of ores like bastnaesite and monazite were simply waiting to be extracted.
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