To: Pan_Yan
It’s pretty amazing that the DRC is such a basket case. Between fertile land and mineral resources, the place is a virtual gold mine.
6 posted on
09/14/2013 3:30:26 PM PDT by
Zhang Fei
(Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.)
To: Zhang Fei
Zimbabwe was a major producer once too.
8 posted on
09/14/2013 3:42:19 PM PDT by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: Zhang Fei
It’s pretty amazing that the DRC is such a basket case. Between fertile land and mineral resources, the place is a virtual gold mine. The biggest problem facing Africa is the Africans.
10 posted on
09/14/2013 3:53:26 PM PDT by
PapaBear3625
(You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
To: Zhang Fei
According to The World Almanac, only 3.0% of the land in the DR Congo is arable land (a smaller proportion even than Algeria, where 3.1% of the land is arable).
To: Zhang Fei
DR Congo has lots of mineral resources and many foreign companies have taken advantage of the almost complete absence of government oversight to run huge mining operations paying workers almost nothing and with no thought for safety or environmental protections. The UN has been involved in DR Congo for a long, long time and they’ve got about 20,000 “peacekeepers” drawing easy UN paychecks to man checkpoints. Lots and lots of palms getting greased. Everyones getting a good payday out of the country except 99% of the citizens.
18 posted on
09/14/2013 5:17:23 PM PDT by
Pan_Yan
(I love it when spell check highlights every single word.)
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