Image by Natasha Mayers via Flickr
with Abby Martin
teleSUR English on Apr 11, 2016
Every drone flown by the U.S. military has inside a piece of the Democratic Republic of the Congo–a valuable mineral, of which the DRC has trillions of dollars worth buried underground.
For five centuries, the continent of Africa has been ravaged by the world’s Empires for its vast untapped treasure. Today, the U.S. Empire is increasing it’s military role through their massive command network, AFRICOM, carrying out several missions a day.
With the Congo being arguably the biggest prize for imperialist powers, Abby Martin is joined by Kambale Musavuli, spokesperson for Friends of the Congo, to look at Empire’s role in their history and current catastrophe.
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This is the real clash of civilizations ~ that of indigenous peoples and the technocratic hegemons.
unfortunate for the country.
Thanks, Mukul. Yes, indeed quite unfortunate that the resources of Congo and its people are being exploited/plundered.
worse,by none other than its own people