Congo Poverty

Hunger is killing many people in Africa and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of them. Poverty has taken over DRC. There are many reasons behind this Poverty. Poverty in DRC is affecting the people in many ways. Some people are dying of hunger, also suffering because of less jobs, less education etc. In the article called the “Poorest Country in the World: Democratic Republic Of Congo”, The author Janki Kaswala says that, “More than almost 90 percent of the conflict’s victims, however, died due to a lack of access to shelter, water, food and medicine – all severely aggravated by displaced and overcrowded populations living in unsanitary conditions. Not to mention, 47 percent of deaths were children under 5 and some 45,000 children continue
When there is a war it is natural for all the constitution, job, schools and colleges to shut down. During a war all the industries shut down, because there are a lot of fighting and lack of organizing, Which affects the economy. If the industries shut down all the worker lose their jobs too. This creates a big problem among the citizens, because no money which means lack of food, clothes, education, and people become homeless. Food is a major problem in DRC. In the book called Countries and Their Cultures, written by Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember said that, “Food is not necessarily a part of daily live. And, when food is available, it usually does not contain the vitamins and minerals required to help ward off disease and maintain proper health” (P.506-522). This proves that DRC cannot afford enough nutritious food for everybody. This completely makes sense, because in the news, televisions, articles is online we always see how many African people are dying because of lack of food. The lack of food comes from the lack of money. Therefore, the war has affected the
Because of the war, other countries are afraid to trade their goods. The war causes poverty which creates criminals. The criminals create a problem with trading, because, the country in war cannot trade back since the industries would be closed. If the trading stops the country can become even more helpless. According to the article “Diamond Mining and Conflict” mentioned “Rebel forces control some of the areas where diamonds are extracted and consequently, have become players in the mining game, extracting the diamonds, selling them illegally, and using the money to fund their insurgent activities”. This proves that a lot of diamonds that grow in Congo are being sold illegally and the money is being used for illegal purposes. This can create a big threat for other countries because their products can be stolen too if they send them to Congo. This prevents them from trading. Trading is a big thing for a country to stand up. Through trading a country can get food, clothes and other important equipments to live. Therefore, the war creates lack of trading which creates