Democratic Republic of Congo Tshisekedi tasked with turn-around of world’s richest natural economy
The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) convenes inter-community dialogue for the return of peace in conflict-torn South Kivu Province June 30-July 2. Reported July 5, 2021. (Photo: MONUSCO/Alain Likota) By Earnest McBrideJA Contributing Editor By whatever name it’s been called – Congo, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and DRC (Democratic Republic of the Congo) – the nation and its people have faced repressive and deadly intrusions into their lives ever since the 1885 Berlin Conference that colonized nearly the whole of Africa for European exploitation 136 years ago. Today, Democratic Republic of the Congo President Félix Antoine Tshisekedi stands at the threshold of bringing peace and prosperity to what many experts view as the world’s richest nation with an estimated $24 trillion worth of natural resources and plush farmland, but yet its people have remained among the world’s poorest in one of the most war-torn
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Democratic Republic of Congo Tshisekedi tasked with turn-around of world’s richest natural economy
The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) convenes inter-community dialogue for the return of peace in conflict-torn South Kivu
In the History Corner… Never forget the history of the undoing of Reconstruction in Mississippi
When America’s Civil War ended in 1865, because it had been a rebellion against the government and the Constitution, federal troops were stationed throughout the territory of what had been the Confederate States of America. This was designed to secure the re-uniting of the U.S.A., providing the franchise and opportunity to hold office for those who had remained loyal. It also disenfranchised and barred those who from office those who had instigated and/or participated in the rebellion. That was what Reconstruction was about. The important side effect was that Black men were able to vote and hold office.
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