Every is to be welcomed in certain circumstances
Every is to be welcomed in certain circumstances
Every is to be welcomed in certain circumstances
The Democratic Republic of Congo, whilst having the potential to be a rich country, is in fact poor country. Corruption and armed conflicts in particular have inhabited infrastructure development and, hence complicated the access of the majority of the population to basic services as well as the protection and promotion of basic rights.
The central African country the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) also formerly known as Zaire has an estimated population of over 70 million (National Institute of Statistics, 2010). It is one of the few countries sharing its border with nine other states ;the Republic of Congo ,Central African Republic , Sudan , Rwanda , Burundi , Uganda ,Tanzania , Zambia and Angola . Geographically, the country is exactly at the heart of Africa and politically at the heart of the three major economic exchanges; the Economic Community of the Central African States (ECCAS), Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa. (COMESA) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC)
The Democratic Republic of Congo is known in modern history since the 15th century through the stories of the first Portuguese explorers who described it as the country of big pre -colonial political organizations such as Kingdoms and empires Congo. Lunda , Kuban ; among others and it has been subject to different kinds of oppression that resulted in four centuries of slavery before becoming the private property of the Belgian King Leopold II
The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country of paradoxes; with subsoil, which some consider a ‘’geological scandal’ since there is plenty of minerals (cooper, tin , zinc , unranium .diamonds , gold , coltan , cassiterite). One third of the land is covered by a tropical forest , which makes it a rich country in wood with huge agricultural potentials . But despite its wealth potential ,
despite that 9,5% of arable land is unused and agriculture is still a women’s activity and it is manual .
Despite its wealth potential , according to the HDI classification of UNDP in 2007,DRC was in
the 168th position out of 177countries : corruption armed conflicts ,
poor management and resources sharing have led the country into deep poverty .
In 2005 , its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita was $714 and it represents 1\17 of that Botswana or one tenth (1\10) of Namibia ‘s income per capita.
Almost 80% of the population is surviving with less than one US Dollar per day per person . This Global poverty context has been worsened by the different armed and community conflicts .
In these conditions , the access to basic services is hampered either due to the quasi-inexistence of infrastructure or due to the first that education and health care are the expense of the population.
