No country in the world has as much of mineral resources as DR Congo. It is Africa's classic poster child of poverty amidst plenty.
DR Congo has large reserves of oil, gold, uranium, diamond, and the rare earth metals. Rare earth metals like coltan are particularly important in this day and age. They are integral in the making of mobile phones and computers, and thus are essential in todays information revolution. Companies like Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Huawei are making trillions of dollars from this resource. And yet, DR Congo citizens cannot even afford a smartphone, yet their resource is churning out billionaires in Europe, China, America.
Take another mineral found in plenty in DR Congo- uranium. Uranium us vital in making nuclear reactors, something that Western powers and China are competing to amass.
Let's not even forget about river Congo. If electricity is generated from it, it could power the whole of Africa. Even if Africa industrialises and is able to consume power, this river will provide the needed electricity. Right now, New York alone consumes more electricity than Africa combined, and we need to change this.
DR Congo's problem is a problem of a failure of leadership, and interference from Europe and America. At independence, DR Congo had just two doctors and nine engineers, so may be the Belgians weren't prepared to hand over independence. Remember, DR Congo was the personal property of Belgian king Leopold, and to this day, Belgium still calls the shots.
Belgium and the United States, through the CIA were instrumental in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, who wanted the ordinary Congolese to benefit from the immense mineral resources in the country. A puppet, Mobutu Sese Seko took over, and plundered the wealth of the country unabated. DR Congo has never recovered to date. Read More Articles. Click Here
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