Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo Unit 1 Location Analysis The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest country in sub-Saharan Africa bordered to the west by the Republic of Congo and a small coast to the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by Angola and Zambia, to the east by Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, and Uganda, and to the north by South Sudan and Central African Republic. The capital of DRC is Kinshasa, which lies on the south bank of the Congo river at 4.4419° S, 15.2663° E. DRC is home

Issue: In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the diamond mining industry is being exploited by rebels who are using the diamonds as ‘conflict diamonds’. These diamonds are being used to illegally buy arms used towards the civil war and other conflict in the DRC. Since the rebels have control of the diamond industry with conflict diamonds, they affect the DRC’s economy and the livelihood of the people who have no choice to work for the rebels. Because of the constant conflict since independence

Introduction The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is still recovering from years of political upheaval and conflict and disruption. The war that lasted from 1996-2003 has meant that 6.4 million people are suffering from acute food insecurity which is an increase from July 2012 when 5.4 million were in danger, ¼ children are malnourished and 70% of the population lacks access to adequate food (IPC, 2012). In 2009 the Global Hunger Index was the lowest in the world at just 39.1% and in 2002 a survey

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one of the largest African countries located in central Africa. Congo is a country that has grown out of a history of Belgian colonisation. Congo also has a long history of an unstable government with a lot of problems with internal corruption. Being a land rich on natural resources with a poor government, Congo has been the perfect target for foreign exploitation of the lands resources. There is a high demand for cobalt from first world countries and the

leaving the DRC in no difference. Once a primordial, ethnic groups are now recognized to be historical creation, products of tangible processes of administrative categorization, political mobilization and socialization (Posner, 2003).The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire is the second most ethnically diverse nation in the world, only behind India. Research shows that the DRC has over 200 different distinct ethnic groups as the nation is located in sub-Saharan Africa with the second

The Democratic Republic of Congo Formerly known as Zaire, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC) is located in the center of Africa bordered by nine different countries and one territory. (Lerner, 10) The bordering countries are Central African Republic and Sudan at the northern boarder, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Burundi on the eastern boarder, Zambia and Angola directly South of DROC and Congo on the Western boarder. DROC is about one third the size of the United States; consisting

The Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DROC, is a country rife with civil strife and unrest. The country has been at war since its independence in 1960, due to the abundance of its natural resources. Originally a Belgian colony, the DROC was known as the Independent State of the Congo. From 1879 to 1885, it was owned and run by a development company known as the International Association of the Congo. King Leopold II of Belgium had named himself the prime shareholder

Today, the Democratic Republic covers over one and a half million square miles of land in Africa. It is the third largest country in Africa. King Leopold once saw the land, and decided that he wanted it. This started Belgium’s colonial rule over The Democratic Republic of Congo. The political structure changed as time went on. It took over a hundred and fifty years for the country to gain true independence. Different ethnic groups are what made Congo such an interesting country. In the 1800’s

Women’s Position in Chaos: The Violence in Congo Problem Statement The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continuously experienced increasingly brutal cases of violence against the female gender (Peterman, Palemo, & Bredenkamp, 2011). As Peterman et al. (2011) continue to state, this gender based violence against women in the Congo is mainly characterized by widespread sexual violence, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), gang rape, and the abduction of women for sexual slavery purposes among several

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is considered a weak state because of its severe instability as a country. Ethnic, political, and religious conflicts are perceived over the state’s identity, and has suffered decades of undemocratic military rule and the possible genocide. They struggle with severe poverty, and the government has little interest in actually providing the country with laws to follow. The government is the weakest part of the state. They have shown to be corrupt from the beginning