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– Despite its mineral resources, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has not been able to rid itself of poverty and war.
– The World Bank stated that in 2018, 72% of the Congolese population lived in extreme poverty on less than $ 1.90 a day.
– Some of the mineral resources with which the country has been blessed include copper, diamonds, gold, cobalt, uranium, coltan and oil.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the countries in the world blessed with abundant mineral resources, but despite this reality, the country has been engulfed in poverty and war.
According to Africa Facts Zone, the Congo has the largest amount of mineral resources in the world. The country’s raw minerals are worth $ 24 trillion.
In a World Bank report, the Congo’s poverty rate in 2018 was 72%. This means that 72% of the population lived in extreme poverty on less than $ 1.90 a day.
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With its mineral resources, the Congo should be one of the richest countries in the world. Photo credit: Pinterest
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Some of the mineral resources that you will find in the Congo include copper, diamonds, gold, cobalt, uranium, coltan, and oil.
Africans, including Nigeria, took to the comment section of the Africa Facts Zone’s Congo tweet to share their thoughts.
Tweep with the handle @agabus_milimu wrote:
“The Democratic Republic of the Congo should be one of the largest economies in the world, but the Belgians and the UN have taken the country by the balls and are indiscriminately looting in that country. They continue to create a” humanitarian crisis “to create easy ground. for looting. “
Another tweep with the identifier @izaq_kwasi wrote:
“What wrong did Africans do to deserve some of the leaders we have? Poor leadership and lack of concern for the well-being of citizens.”
@FineJoeYoung believes that Africans deserve what they are going through by not being united.
He wrote:
“We deserve everything we get from not being united. Africans must come together now, with protests across the continent, things could change. But no, sans and Nigerians are always fighting each other instead of being together smh.” .
How insensitive can you be? – Kafui Danku and Lydia Forson criticize celebrities who do not share the hashtag #EndSARS@OcheOdaudu commented:
“The devil himself farted in Africa … This is simply not normal, our leadership choices over the years have been detrimental to the development of Africa.”
In other news, Baraka Safari Elie, a 23-year-old man from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has invented the first rechargeable iron made in Congo.
It took 8 months of testing to make sure the rechargeable iron worked properly, How Africa reports. YEN.com.gh He points out that the inventor, who is the director of BANZELA, said that the iron can last three hours without electricity.
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