I NTRODUCTION The Congo Crisis (1960–1966) was a period of turmoil in the First Republic of the Congo that began with national independence from Belgium and ended with the seizing of power by Joseph Mobutu. At various points it had the characteristics of anti-colonial struggle‚ a secessionist war with the province of Katanga‚ a United Nations peacekeeping operation‚ and a Cold War proxy battle between the United States and the Soviet Union. The Crisis caused the death of some 100‚000 people. It
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Imperialism in Indochina and the Congo Throughout the 1890’s – 1910’s the imperialists ideas remained similar around the globe. Many European countries such as the Netherlands‚ France‚ Germany‚ and the United States proposed similar ideals regarding the importance of imperialism through acquiring of raw materials and territory. Specifically‚ regarding the conquests of and King Leopold II of Belgium‚ and Napoleon III it is evident that the root cause of European imperialists was to discover foreign
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Central Congo Basin Moist Forests “The Congo Basin makes up one of the most important wilderness areas left on Earth. At 500 million acres‚ it is larger than the state of Alaska and stands as the world’s second largest tropical forest” (Congo Basin). The Amazon is the only moist tropical forest that is bigger than the Congo Basin moist forest. The Congo Basin moist forest is four times the size of France and contains about one fourth of the closed canopy forest left on Earth (Managing Congo Basin
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Describe the different strategies used by multinational oil companies for accessing oil reserves around the world after World War II. What role does Corporate Social Responsibility play in Eni’s strategy‚ and with what groups within the Republic of Congo does Eni engage as a result? Multinational oil companies face growing competition with national oil companies (NOCs)‚ which benefit from better access to global reserves of oil than the multinational companies. To cope‚ multinational companies use
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the democratic republic of the Congo (DRC). Where the land is rich with minerals of all types. Located in the Continent of Africa. The country has many exports goods and services. The people of the Congolese‚ Live to about the age of 54. The DRC official language is French but the natives also speak Lingula‚ Kingwana‚ and Tshiuba. A brief background on the Democratic of the Congo is or was establish as in Official Belgian Colony in 1908. The republic of the Congo gain its independence in 1960.
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I will say this though‚ regardless of the documentary’s portayal of the Congo and it’s military groups I still believe that‚ Without guns‚ without money‚ and without social constructs‚ our only true power is reduced to the way in which we interact with one another as human beings‚ and will only extend as far as how much value and regard we place in caring for and upholding our natural environment. I applaud the documentary for getting more people to pay attention to a worldly cause‚ and certainly
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The Congo Crisis: An International Perspective There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo‚ however tragic that has been in its coming. – Paul Kagame As the third largest country in Africa and blessed with a large endowment of natural resources‚ the Democratic Republic of Congo possesses great opportunity to develop itself into a successful nation. However‚ the great abuses of the Congo’s colonial rulers and the lack of central unity across its vast
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The Congo Free State‚ later named the Democratic Republic of Congo‚ drastically changed in 1876 when it was first colonized by King Leopold of Belgium. The colony of the Congo Free State was ruled solely by King Leopold‚ who used it for his own personal advancement. He took advantage of the country’s well-known sources such as rubber. King Leopold of Belgium took all profits made off of the resources for himself and left the native people with nothing. In addition‚ King Leopold enslaved these natives
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The Democratic Republic of Congo: The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was set up to be the poorest sickest nation in the world by mainly one man. King Leopold the second drove the DRC into having high levels of poverty and low life expectancy to help pretty much only him. He stripped them of their ivory and rubber using black slaves‚ and nobody cared because of racism. Leopold used scams‚ slaves‚ and racism to help his own country‚ he didn’t care about the country he was destroying. While using
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Introduction There are many different biomes that cover the surface of the planet‚ but there is one that is of particular importance‚ the tropical rainforest of Africa‚ The Congo. This vast rainforest is home to almost half of Africa’s animal species and is the second largest rainforest in the world.(“pbs.org”‚ n.d.) The Congo plays an important role in climate regulation‚ both locally and globally‚ and contains a wealth of biodiversity‚ including thousands of endemic plants and animals. Identify
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