Current+Instability+of+the+Congo

Tyrone Norwood

At the current time, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is vulnerable with structurizing their Country into order!
National Name: "Republique Democratique du Congo"

Government: Who in Power !
 * ===== The president, who is the head of state, is popularly elected and may serve two five-year terms =====
 * Congolese President Joseph Kabila
 * The Senate has 108 indirectly elected members, who also serve for five years
 * China and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are hand-in-hand countries
 * China wants to reform the Congo using their businesses with congoese as the help
 * The President of the Congo wants to reform the DRC with congoese tactics
 * French businesses and leaders are involved in the Congo

Economics of the Congo
Religion of the Congo
 * ===== Rich in natural resources such as Industrial Diamonds, Cobalt and Copper =====
 * Economic activity was controlled by foreign companies such as the Belgian Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (UMHK). Their assets in 1965 had been added close to $430 million.
 * Area: 905,568 sq mi (2,345,410 sq km) with a population of 67,827,000people within 2010
 * Over 2000 people of ethic groups live in the Congo
 * More than 200 languages are spoken in the Congo
 * French is the offical language and translational language involving business and internatinal communications
 * ===== The Congo is a country mainly on the following cultural religions: Roman Catholic 50%, Protestant 20%, Kimbanguist 10%, Islam 10%; other syncretic and indigenous 10% =====

Peace: Is there hope for the Congo?
 * ===== "An ongoing civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo has claimed an estimated 4 million lives since 1998" (pg.14) =====
 * In the Congo, more people have been killed with the Congolese Civil War compared to any other conflicts of war since World War II (pg.14)
 * There was human right violated causing Killings, Rapes and Sexual Assult, Torture, etc. ( CNN news)
 * After the armed forces would invade different territories, the children would be forced and subjected to inscribable violence
 * There are analysis of close to 30,000 children who are drafted at an early age

Disease of the Congo: TUBERCULOSIS A predicted future!
 * ranked 10th in the list of 22 high burden Tuberculosis (TB) countries
 * TB is one of the leading causes of death in the Congo-affecting individuals in their economically productive years
 * World Health Organization's Global TB Control Report 2009 has estimated 245,333 TB cases in 2007 in the DRC
 * an estimated rate of 392 cases per 100,000 population
 * the other diseases in the congo are HIV/AIDS & STD
 * the only aid for the Congo is the US AID program & the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Program (NTLP)
 * The DRC will become a country fully divided or turn apart
 * The Congoese will be in peril
 * Most of the Congo seems to be sights of business industry plantations-other countries will try to use the Congo's minerals and valuable resources for their own use and not for the Congoese

Bibliography: [] [] [|http://www.diseases-Congo.com/diseases/country/Congo]