Author Topic: Bitmask did you watch the one on Congo by BBC  (Read 1765 times)

Offline KenyanPlato

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Bitmask did you watch the one on Congo by BBC
« on: May 22, 2020, 05:03:47 AM »

Interesting.. I think Goma and Kinshasha look like they are progressing well post Mobutu

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Re: Bitmask did you watch the one on Congo by BBC
« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2020, 05:19:56 AM »
 Not yet.  I added it to my watch list.  DRC was another rich country with enviable infrastructure at independence.  I don’t think any country outside SA was comparable at that time.
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Re: Bitmask did you watch the one on Congo by BBC
« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2020, 06:22:14 AM »
Not yet.  I added it to my watch list.  DRC was another rich country with enviable infrastructure at independence.  I don’t think any country outside SA was comparable at that time.

The belgians did a shady job in preparing it for the future. I think it needs Federal system to resolve the eastern congo problem

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Re: Bitmask did you watch the one on Congo by BBC
« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2020, 05:44:54 PM »
Not yet.  I added it to my watch list.  DRC was another rich country with enviable infrastructure at independence.  I don’t think any country outside SA was comparable at that time.

The belgians did a shady job in preparing it for the future. I think it needs Federal system to resolve the eastern congo problem

The future they had for it had always been as a natural resource to service Belgium and the West.  With a few well-to-do settlers to administer it.  That never changed even after independence, except for the incompetence of the new overlords. 
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