Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan, are the biggest victims of the groundless wars which return populations among the poorest of the planet.
Afrogouvernance is meant to the worry to make summary analyses in this special edition, to try to burst abscess
and to make understand youth African in within reason according to our researches, the primary sources of these misfortunes which
do not cease mining their future from hour by hour, from day to day and from year by year.
We shall speak about these three countries
which are in wars forever for reasons XY that the unprotected innocent populations, are the first victims.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia
Not to be confused with the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville).
The Democratic
Republic of Congo (French: République démocratique du Congo) is a country located in central Africa, with a small length of Atlantic
coastline. It is the third largest country (by area) in Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo is, with a UN estimated population
of 66,020,000, the nineteenth most populous nation in the world, and the fourth most populous nation in Africa, as well as the most
populous French-speaking country in the world.
In order to distinguish it from the neighbouring Republic of the Congo, the Democratic
Republic of Congo is often referred to as DR Congo, DRC, or RDC, or is called Congo-Kinshasa after the capital Kinshasa (in contrast
to Congo-Brazzaville for its neighbour).
The name "Congo" refers to the river Congo, also known as the river Zaire. (The river name
Congo is related to the name of the Bakongo ethnic group).
The Democratic Republic of Congo was formerly, in turn, the Congo Free
State, Belgian Congo, Congo-Léopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire (or Zaïre in French). Though it is located in the Central African UN
subregion, the nation is economically and regionally affiliated with Southern Africa as a member of the Southern African Development
Community (SADC).
The Democratic Republic of the Congo borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the North; Uganda, Rwanda,
and Burundi on the East; Zambia and Angola on the South; the Republic of Congo on the West; and is separated from Tanzania byLake Tanganyika on the East.[2] The country enjoys access to the ocean through a 40-kilometre (25 mile) stretch of Atlantic coastline
at Muanda and the roughly nine-kilometre wide mouth of the Congo River which opens into the Gulf of Guinea.
The Second Congo War,
beginning in 1998, devastated the country and involved seven foreign armies and is sometimes referred to as the "African World War".[3] Despite
the signing of peace accords in 2003, fighting continues in the east of the country. In eastern Congo, the prevalence and intensity
of rape and other sexual violence is described as the worst in the world.[4] The war is the world's deadliest conflict since World
War II, killing 5.4 million people.[5][6]
Main article: Economy of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The economy of the Democratic
Republic of Congo, a nation endowed with resources of vast potential wealth, has declined drastically since the mid-1980s. The
two recent conflicts (the First and Second Congo Wars), which began in 1996, have dramatically reduced national output and government
revenue, have increased external debt, and have resulted in deaths of more than five million people from war, and associated famine and
disease. Foreign businesses have curtailed operations due to uncertainty about the outcome of the conflict, lack of infrastructure,
and the difficult operating environment. The war has intensified the impact of such basic problems as an uncertain legal framework,
corruption, inflation, and lack of openness in government economic policy and financial operations. Malnutrition affects approximately
two thirds of the country's population. Conditions improved in late 2002 with the withdrawal of a large portion of the invading foreign
troops. A number of International Monetary Fund and World Bank missions have met with the government to help it develop a coherent
economic plan, and President Joseph Kabila has begun implementing reforms. Much economic activity lies outside the GDP data. A United
Nations Human Development Index report shows human development to be one of the worst in decades.
The Congo is the world's largest
producer of cobalt ore,[22] and a major producer of copper and industrial diamonds. It has significant deposits of tantalum, which
is used in the fabrication of electronic components in computers and mobile phones. In 2002, tin was discovered in the east of the
country, but, to date, mining has been on a small scale [23]. Smuggling of coltan and cassiterite, the ores of tantalum and tin, respectively,
has helped fuel the war in the Eastern Congo. Katanga Mining Limited, a London-based company, owns the Luilu Metallurgical Plant,
which has a capacity of 175,000 tonnes of copper and 8,000 tonnes of cobalt per year, making it the largest cobalt refinery in the
world. After a major rehabilitation program, the company restarted copper production in December 2007 and cobalt production in May
2008[24]. It has one of the ten last ranks among the countries on the Corruption Perception Index.
In 2007, The World Bank decided
to grant the Democratic Republic of Congo up to $1.3 billion in assistance funds over the next three years.[25]
The Democratic Republic
of Congo is in the process of becoming a member of the Organization for the Harmonization of Business Law in Africa (OHADA).[26]
Main
article: Demographics of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The United Nations 2007 estimated the population at 62.6 million people,
having increased rapidly despite the war from 46.7 million in 1997. As many as 250 ethnic groups have been identified and named. The
most numerous people are the Kongo, Luba, and Mongo. Although seven hundred local languages and dialects are spoken, the linguistic
variety is bridged both by widespread use of French and intermediary languages such as Kongo, Tshiluba, Swahili, and Lingala.
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