Congo: A land of riches - BBC News

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  • čas přidán 17. 12. 2018
  • The Democratic Republic of the Congo could be one of the richest countries in Africa because of its mineral wealth, but yet it’s one of the poorest. Corruption and exploitation has cost the country billions. With the elections there’s hope the country’s new leaders can improve the lives of millions of people.
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    DR Congo has vast resources - from the pristine rainforests to the valuable ores that lie beneath the soil.
    It has gold, diamonds, uranium, rare-earth metals, copper and cobalt - an essential ingredient in electric car batteries.
    The south-eastern province of Katanga is the centre of the country’s mining industry with vast areas of open-cast pits and 60% of the world’s cobalt reserves. To Find out more:
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Komentáře • 91

  • @kochinpadma2112
    @kochinpadma2112 Před 5 lety +72

    How many western countries company's stealing congos wealth right now

    • @jaronmeshileichenbaum9934
      @jaronmeshileichenbaum9934 Před 5 lety +1

      Kochin Padma all those sweet riches

    • @George-sc4yh
      @George-sc4yh Před 5 lety +10

      Why don't Africans steal their own wealth?

    • @activatewindows2305
      @activatewindows2305 Před 5 lety

      @Slim Jim straight up colonialism 101, suppose you want to recolonize Rhodesia again just to puss off these "lefties" you rant about?

    • @dan8085
      @dan8085 Před 5 lety +1

      All of them.

    • @Gone_Gaming0
      @Gone_Gaming0 Před 5 lety +1

      @@George-sc4yh Low IQ's in the 70's

  • @FMRovers
    @FMRovers Před 5 lety +13

    great stuff. love those mini docu's

  • @SusanDianeHowell
    @SusanDianeHowell Před 5 lety +6

    Thank you BBC for this journey series through the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A glimpse behind the veil.

  • @AlanWattResistance
    @AlanWattResistance Před 5 lety +13

    Trillion dollors worth of resources, but we need to keep sending money to Africa?

    • @jaronmeshileichenbaum9934
      @jaronmeshileichenbaum9934 Před 5 lety +1

      AWResistance and they don’t even want it they know what’s in the water and food of europeans they want money

  • @savedbygrace5836
    @savedbygrace5836 Před 5 lety +2

    Mon pays ❤ My motherland ❤

  • @landz2228
    @landz2228 Před 3 lety

    this mine is owned by glencore a notorious swiss company with reveneus of more than 180 billion usd per year.

  • @horusbaals6206
    @horusbaals6206 Před 5 lety +3

    The DRC has proven reserves of 180 million barrels, though estimates of total petroleum reserves exceed 5 billion barrels. Currently, Congolese oil production is limited to the Coast Basin, yielding 25,000 barrels per day of offshore production, all of which are exported
    Oil and Gas dominates the resource sector of the Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also referred to as Congo-Brazzaville, with the petroleum industry accounting for 89% of the country's exports in 2010. Among African crude oil producers in 2010, The Congo ranked seventh.
    Along with large recently identified oil fields, the DRC may hold as many as 30 billion cubic meters of methane and natural gas in the three major petroleum deposits.
    Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Mining industry of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is a significant factor in the world's production of cobalt, copper, diamond, tantalum, tin, and gold as well.

  • @ihabziyad8611
    @ihabziyad8611 Před 5 lety +3

    thanks BBC

  • @harrybooth6956
    @harrybooth6956 Před 5 lety

    Please vote for Mr. Shadary. He is good man. He love our country.

  • @xtine8522
    @xtine8522 Před 5 lety

    Hope they wisen up. Its ridiculous how politicians don't care about their own...

  • @Wtornado
    @Wtornado Před 5 lety

    What is it Congo week in Britain with all the reports?

  • @crashweaverda
    @crashweaverda Před 5 lety +5

    China wants their piece of the action!

  • @Aego384
    @Aego384 Před 5 lety

    What's with BBC's recent obsession with Congo though?

  • @nchengeeyong8864
    @nchengeeyong8864 Před rokem

    No one is saying who benefits from the riches of the DRC? Who wants to keep the country under perpetual fear and war so it can be better exploited? Therein lies the issue. Everything else is noise.

  • @ManooPaulose
    @ManooPaulose Před 4 lety

    Even the communications minister is saying blah blah blah... He knows all about corruption.. 🤣 Sad to see a country going down while the entire country has wealth of trillions... 🙄😒😭

  • @Slipmahoney21
    @Slipmahoney21 Před 2 lety

    Where has all that astronomical wealth gone? If is is enough to transform a country from poverty to a heathy existence, there MUST be an easy and obvious track that leads to the guilty, that much money cannot be hidden

  • @harrybooth6956
    @harrybooth6956 Před 5 lety

    Joseph Kabila is good man. He help Congo. Please listen to him.

    • @alycemlg
      @alycemlg Před 5 lety +1

      Joseph Kabila doesn't about Congolese people. That man hasn't done anything for our country

    • @landz2228
      @landz2228 Před 3 lety

      @@alycemlg he is criminal, lets see what the new president will do.

  • @n_k_alanvideos4081
    @n_k_alanvideos4081 Před 5 lety +1

    Trump is the typ of dude I didn't know existed before 2015.

  • @lmaoyz
    @lmaoyz Před 4 lety

    yo

  • @Kareem-Baba
    @Kareem-Baba Před 5 lety +7

    The Congo is a huge shame!

    • @Elram_91
      @Elram_91 Před 4 lety +1

      kayode Kareem I m Congolese and I agree

  • @BabiletubeAbdulrahmanmmohamed

    Belgium ducked for last 100 years

  • @rafigamma07
    @rafigamma07 Před 5 lety

    arcist.No

  • @brainfoodpros69
    @brainfoodpros69 Před 5 lety

    Just take all of it, you'll witness the harm. Such in Indonesia, Papua precisely has been colonized by the upstairs men.

  • @abdulazizsiyad
    @abdulazizsiyad Před 5 lety

    Africa is a rich, but force from western and poorly managed

  • @invinciblewill7091
    @invinciblewill7091 Před 5 lety

    #Curse of resources

  • @masengobruno192
    @masengobruno192 Před 3 lety +1

    U have all but u poor ..look tanzania president magufuli only 5 years in power what he did to his country and people !! Alot of good things ..but CONGO its leaders are so weak

  • @vavilon7109
    @vavilon7109 Před 5 lety +1

    А вы говорите в россии жопа, вон, посмотри что у нас в африке твориться, та же хрень!

  • @johnmassu-ip8bj
    @johnmassu-ip8bj Před měsícem

    Gjgfjk

  • @adimo6739
    @adimo6739 Před 4 lety

    Kabila médiocre

  • @MrCHINBAG
    @MrCHINBAG Před 5 lety

    Rubbish news on the BBC today.

  • @randolphwh9551
    @randolphwh9551 Před 5 lety +1

    Buy weps guns n tanks tech prevent coups

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    @chillwithwaxy760 Před 5 lety

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