congo: the trigger of africa
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Congo: The Trigger of Africa. Karla Arevalo-Alas IT 2010, Georgia State University Nov. 1, 2012. “Africa has the shape of a pistol, and Congo is its trigger.” – Frantz Fanon. Democratic Republic of Congo and it’s importance to Africa Leading factors shaping the Great War: - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Karla Arevalo-Alas IT 2010, Georgia State
UniversityNov. 1, 2012
Congo: The Trigger of Africa
“Africa has the shape of a pistol, and Congo is its trigger.” – Frantz Fanon
Democratic Republic of Congo and it’s importance to Africa
Leading factors shaping the Great War: Rwanda Genocide Role of State Failure Social and Ethnic
Division
The Democratic Republic of CongoImportance of the Congo
Natural Resources Strategic geographical position Vast territory
Influence of Congo in the neighboring countries Benefits of controlling Congo’s natural
resources
Rwanda Genocide Hutus vs. Tutsis Rwanda’s independence from Belgium Tutsi’s removal from Rwanda Origins of the Rwanda Patriotic Force (RPF) The assassination of Rwanda’s president
and the retaliations Amplification of ethnic disagreements
Role of State Failure Failed State Resource Course Mobutu’s role on
Congo’s economic failure
Laurent Kabila and the AFDL invasion of Congo
Kabila’s desire to control Congo’s natural resources
Natural Resources in D.R. Congo
Social & Ethnic Division History of ethnic divisionAmplification of ethnic disagreementsSocial and ethnic differences as the cause
of war Invasion of Congo as “result” of social and
ethnic divisions
The Cause of War The Great War in Central Africa was a result
of the desire to control the Democratic Republic of Congo and it’s natural resources.
Cultural divisions is a camouflage of desire for political and economic control