The wealth of Democratic Republic of Congo 🇨🇩 - DRC and what the West really need from Congo, making them to fuel up a genocide in Congo.
1. DR Congo is the world's richest country with regards to mineral resources, it has an estimated $23 Trillion worth of mineral deposit still untapped. If properly utilized, DR Congo will be both the largest net-exporter of natural resources and net-producer of finished goods in the world.
2. Congo DR is the world's largest producer of cobalt, it accounts for nearly 60% of the world's cobalt production. Unfortunately, it's exported to make engines for cars, planes, ceramic and batteries for electrical appliances.
3. DR Congo is accounts for 80% of the world's Coltan production, this is used to produce phones, laptops and accessories for top companies at the expense of child labour.
4. DR Congo has a large uranium deposit. Infact, the atomic bombs for the World War 2 had her mineral resources sought from Congo DR and it produced 80% of America's nuclear weapon.
5. DR Congo has the world's second largest diamond reserves, and is the third diamond producing country after Russia and Botswana.
6. DR Congo is one of the world's largest gold producer, it accounts for majority of the gold smuggled out of Africa through Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda to Dubai. Its artisanal gold is one of the most sought after gold.
7. DR Congo is so rich that so many sources claim that one can dig out minerals with his bare hands.
8. DR Congo is ranked the 80th largest oil producer producing over 4.1% of it's oil reserve per annum.
9. The Congo rainforest is home to 600 tree species and 10,000 animal species. Some of its most famous residents include forest elephants, gorillas, chimpanzees, okapi, leopards, hippos, and lions.
10. DR Congo is a top wood exporting country, also the Congo basin is home to the largest mineral deposit in the world having wood, oil, diamonds, gold and coltan.
11. Congo DR is a net exporter of entertainment with music being one of it's largest export mostly in the 90s.
12. Congo DR can produce 40GW of power, the most in the world.
Congo is Bleeding 🩸
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Cloudy and warm to cool conditions are expected, with widespread to scattered showers and thundershowers over the central and eastern areas of the country.
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GrandPa is not sold & distributed in Botswana due to GlaxoSmithKlein SA suspending its supply to that country & in other markets, effectively making it an unregistered product in 🇧🇼.
Anyone caught with it may be fined P100,000 or face a jail term not exceeding 10 years.
Burkina Faso has removed French as an official language. The country has adopted local languages as official languages. Mali did the same thing in June 2023.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that from today, Zimbabweans will go to Botswana only using an Identity Card and won’t need a passport.
This deal is with immediate effect but subject to the immigration officials from both countries getting the official instruction.
The agreement is reciprocal, so citizens of Botswana will also go to Zimbabwe without needing a passport but only an Identity Card.
This must be seen for what it is, it is a shrewd business and commercial decision on the part of Botswana to lure Zimbabwean traders away from Musina to Francis Town.
Zimbabwe’s manufacturing industries collapsed a long time ago, so it relies for basic things like tooth picks and toilet paper from mainly South Africa.
Botswana wants a part of that trade in Francis Town.
Botswana has done a similar deal with Namibia too!
Recently South Africa also made a business decision to extend the permits of Zimbabweans on the Zimbabwean Exemption Permit (ZEP) cognisant if the effect on business were it not extended.
Many Zimbabweans are doing jobs that many South Africans don’t want to do for the low wage paid.
So the big winner in today’s deal is Botswana because it will be collecting trade dollars, very few Tswanas go to Zimbabwe except to visit family and not to buy anything.
I’ve read the 48 page NHI Bill that was passed yesterday and summarized it for your perusal.
Here’s a concise thread and summary of the National Health Insurance (NHI) bill in South Africa and to fully apprehend the bills intention and how it impacts you👇:
We have noted with great concern and growing interest the number of young girls between 15 and 18 who keep going missing since the start of December. What can we do to help?
Botswana and Zimbabwe have today removed the use of passports when citizens travel between the two nations. It means citizens will only need IDs to cross the border. Congratulations to both nations for the progressive move - borders are colonial. Next it must be South Africa !!