emiye: Stop blaming the "west", africans have themselves to blame.

Leaders are more often than not a reflection of the followers. A case where tribalism, religious affiliations, and other primordial sentiments are yardstick which guides voting pattern of our leaders, and selfcenteredness is engraved in the mentality of a typical african, whether old or young, rich or poor.

Followers are too docile to care to hold leaders accountable.

emiye: @op, DR Congo is not the largest country in Africa. it is the second largest.

the top 3 in this order are Algeria, DR congo and Sudan.

You are right about the richness of DR congo in mineral resources, but it is a misnomer that the country's poverty rate is still one of the worst in the world, no thanks to bad leadership and political instability.

solomon111: Congo is a painful paradox.
The biggest and richest tech coys in the world like samsung apple,boeing BAE will crash if they fail to get access to congo's silicon and coltan deposits,yet congo is one of the most improverished nations in africa.
The entire military apparatus of america will collapse without congo's colbat,yet that same congo is one of the weakest nations in africa.
Imagine if congo had the leaders that would unite them and force all these tech coys leaching from them to establish manufacturing plants there.
Their industrial revolution would eclipse europe and china.
The AU has tremendous power,unfortunately they're not using it.
Our continent is the richest,and should be the most developed in the world.
The best brains in the world should be migrating to africa,the reverse is the case.

Why isn't Congo on this list?
www.nairaland.com/1522954/richest-countries-world-metal-minerals#19881468

solomon111: Congo is a painful paradox.
The biggest and richest tech coys in the world like samsung apple,boeing BAE will crash if they fail to get access to congo's silicon and coltan deposits,yet congo is one of the most improverished nations in africa.
The entire military apparatus of america will collapse without congo's colbat,yet that same congo is one of the weakest nations in africa.
Imagine if congo had the leaders that would unite them and force all these tech coys leaching from them to establish manufacturing plants there.
Their industrial revolution would eclipse europe and china.
The AU has tremendous power,unfortunately they're not using it.
Our continent is the richest,and should be the most developed in the world.
The best brains in the world should be migrating to africa,the reverse is the case.

biafranqueen: this is correct and once they have peace in the Congo the Western world would be brought to their knees. Also the product that makes flat screen TVA is from here. Anybody that thinks white supremacy has nothing to do with the conflict in Congo is a brainwashed fool.

biafranqueen: this is correct and once they have peace in the Congo the Western world would be brought to their knees. Also the product that makes flat screen TV is from here. Anybody that thinks white supremacy has nothing to do with the conflict in Congo is a brainwashed fool. They keep the conflict going so they can control the person controlling the mines. Divide and conquer the oldest tactic used since they discover Africa. Africans are to blame to keep falling for such nonsense and not realizing they have more to gain. When you are worried about just staying alive and finding food the masses will not rise up against those looting the resources!

HisRib:

Great points! Sometimes I just want to cry for Africa. Will the West ever leave us alone or at least try to treat us fairly?

Chima_Agbalajob:

Don't cry for Africa. Africans make choices to remain poor and destitute everyday by supporting tribalism, corruption and nepotism.

America with all her resources still source scientists,doctors , nurses and indeed anyone with special skill to help America stay as the top notch country in the face of the planet. Africans don't think in terms of skills, they think tribalism, nepotism and segregation. How many Nigerian doctors will be employed by say Kenya or even DR Congo even when their skill will help reduce deaths from common diseases. They will be seen as foreigners first before they are considered for the contribution they bring. But if they were Indians or Arabs those black countries will gladly embrace them as expertriates! Even in a country like Nigeria, you won't get employed in another state if you are not an indigene. Even when your skill is required in that state, they will rather suffer the affliction than give you the job. The only time a foreigner will get the job is when it is oyibo, even Indians and Pakistanis qualify as Oyibo in Nigeria. In America, black people worship their white countrymen or white immigrants from Europe. Just come and see how savagely they treat fellow black Americans or black people from other countries.

I used to weep for Africa and concern myself with useless black movements, but since I realized that the Blackman is his own greatest enemy, I have come to accept it as a curse placed on black people and they must suffer the consequences of their wicked ways.

So let DR Congo or Nigeria suffer, they deserve it. Only such painful experience can only teach Africans and indeed black people from being barbaric to themselves and issues concerning us as a race.

emiye: Stop blaming the "west", africans have themselves to blame.

Leaders are more often than not a reflection of the followers. A case where tribalism, religious affiliations, and other primordial sentiments are yardstick which guides voting pattern of our leaders, and selfcenteredness is engraved in the mentality of a typical african, whether old or young, rich or poor.

Followers are too docile to care to hold leaders accountable.

ROSSIKE:

Patrice Lumumba was the great Congolese leader who was accountable, progressive, and popularly elected after their independence. He was about to turn Congo into the economic powerhouse of Africa, but was overthrown and assassinated in a CIA led coup in the 1960s, and they promptly imposed an illiterate sergeant, Mobutu Sese Seko on the nation. The rest is history.

How is that about ''Africans having no one but themselves to blame''? People like you need to simply think before playing loud lapdog to western manipulators.

HisRib:

Okay, but the other guy was right in a way. African countries are divided. There's NO unity. We don't even trade with one another. We prefer what the West has to offer than what our own have to offer. We have ourselves to blame as well.

ROSSIKE: Intra-African trade is increasing by the day. There are roads being built that connect all of West Africa. Even rail projects are in the pipeline. Nigerian and SA companies are setting up branches across the continent etc. These things will take time to fully develop. It was only 50 years ago African nations became free to do anything. We need to be patient.

ROSSIKE:

Patrice Lumumba was the great Congolese leader who was accountable, progressive, and popularly elected after their independence. He was about to turn Congo into the economic powerhouse of Africa, but was overthrown and assassinated in a CIA led coup in the 1960s, and they promptly imposed an illiterate sergeant, Mobutu Sese Seko on the nation. The rest is history.

How is that about ''Africans having no one but themselves to blame''? People like you need to simply think before playing loud lapdog to western manipulators. It does appear that a generation of progressive post independence nationalist leaders were suppressed by western powers either through assassination or threats etc, which gave rise to a new generation of pro-western stooges.

PurpleHouse: I remember during the time of Obasanjo, when Charles Taylor was being asked to be released to the International Court or so, OBJ didn't buy the idea, he never wanted to release him. He was invited to pay a visit to America by Bush, Taylor got missing, only for him to be captured at the point of crossing to another Border... Now, why was OBJ invited to America by Bush? Lol, the guy tell am many things naa.. Twist him hand. Warn am wella. Who you be? Oyaa release that Criminal before we open your nyansh.... Was i there? Nope! But thats how the game is played behind the scenes.
Talking about trades within African states: tell me, How will Cameroon do trade with Nigeria without permission from Oga at the top? How will CIV do biz with English speaking countries when the Oga will not be too happy? How will Africa do serious trade together when French speaking countries have taken over CAF? There's always some ringing the Alam Bell from the Top... And thats why i Love My Present Nigeria, we don't Worship no Britain, we stand man to man with 'em and flex muscles sometimes too, yet, they still know our weak points, Very Well.

Chima_Agbalajob:

Stop playing smart by half.

Patrice Lumumba was killed by Tshombe the leader of Katanga province after he was sent there by collusion if President Kasavubu and the army chief Mobutu . Yes, the the Belgians & CIA facilitated it because he wasn't exactly liked by the west. But he died in the hands of Africans out of tribal hate and shortsightedness !

HisRib:

Na lie! Nigeria is still very much Britain's puppet.

The only African country that has taught its oppressor a lesson is Zimbabwe. The rest are all puppets.

PurpleHouse:
thats a big fat lie my dear!
Nigeria is no ones puppet... Do you know whats called a puppet? Cameron is called a puppet, Not a Country like Nigeria...
Yes! We may respect other Oyibos them whenever we see them, even giving them contracts ahead of our fellow blacks, relax, thats just part of the Inferiority complex we built into ourselves.. Robert Mugabe was able to charismatically wipe that out from his homeland, unfortunately, we haven't had a leader like that down here.. But, we are no man puppet and thats why no countries seem to support us whenever we are in trouble, they only seem to be protecting their interest and investments.

HisRib:

Have the Indians in Nigeria even bothered to speak against the hate campaign against Nigerians in India? No. But, we still treat them like royalty. And you mean to tell me Naija is not a puppet? Lol

PurpleHouse:
look at China, just as Nigeria, they are divided internally as North and South... Are they breaking apart? Why is China Growing very Fast? Is China not the Most Populous Country in the world?
How about USA? Don't they have inter squables? Is USA not One of the Largest Countries in the world both in popuation, Wealth, resources and Minerals?
Howw about Russia? Brazil? Don't these countries have internal problems to contend with? And yet all these countries are doing so great Economicaly ripping Africa off and Dry!
Believe it or not.
Take it or leave it... There's a conspiracy against Africa's Growth (Especially Nigeria; the West Fear us die, they don't want a strong Nigeria that will Boss other African Leaders, rather than them the west doing it).
Our Leaders are Corrupt, but they are corrupt for a reason... Where is our money being stolen to? Who's making profits from the Money where its kept? Whose economy is the money Pushing Forward? The West/America for sure!
My Dear, Africa won't grow an inch than it is now unless they unite to stand as one Voice, and not pets and undies to French and British/American colonialism... Size is nothing. If our leader really want to work, they'll work their A******s off, atleast, don't they travel overseas? They see how life is over there, but y aren't they bringing that Beauty and Leadership back home? CRISIS!
Crisis everywhere.... How will a country grow when there's so much crisis to tackle and nip in the bud? But where are these Crisis springing out from? Who's pressing the remote and setting Rabbit Traps for Africa?
Another Food for thought.

duni04:
Its just my own opinion sha but everything has to start from somewhere. Do u know the number of revolutions and changes these countries u mentioned, especially russia and china, have had to go through before achieving economic prosperity? Even with all their wealth, they still have internal conflicts between their various ethnic nationalities. Unless congo wants to be ruled as a communist state or a dictatorship, where the centre exerts all the power over the entire country, there is no way the country will be stable under a democracy. They will ultimately go the way of Sudan.

HisRib:

It's so sad! We suffer because we have horrible leaders. Our leaders are slaves to the West. This is why I respect Mugabe. He refuses to be anyone's puppet.

ROSSIKE:

Patrice Lumumba was the great Congolese leader who was accountable, progressive, and popularly elected after their independence. He was about to turn Congo into the economic powerhouse of Africa, but was overthrown and assassinated in a CIA led coup in the 1960s, and they promptly imposed an illiterate sergeant, Mobutu Sese Seko on the nation. The rest is history.

How is that about ''Africans having no one but themselves to blame''? People like you need to simply think before playing loud lapdog to western manipulators. It does appear that a generation of progressive post independence nationalist leaders were suppressed by western powers either through assassination or threats etc, which gave rise to a new generation of pro-western stooges.

HisRib:

They've had these natural resources for years. I forgot to mention, their $24 trillion worth of natural resources are untapped resources. That country is rich shaaa

okpara ugo:

That is US budget for one year. stop using that clause ''whole world''

Mismanagement has taken Africa 200years behind the western world. Visit US and you will find out that that figure cannot construct up to 5 american states..

solomon111: Congo is a painful paradox.
The biggest and richest tech coys in the world like samsung apple,boeing BAE will crash if they fail to get access to congo's silicon and coltan deposits,yet congo is one of the most improverished nations in africa.
The entire military apparatus of america will collapse without congo's colbat,yet that same congo is one of the weakest nations in africa.
Imagine if congo had the leaders that would unite them and force all these tech coys leaching from them to establish manufacturing plants there.
Their industrial revolution would eclipse europe and china.
The AU has tremendous power,unfortunately they're not using it.
Our continent is the richest,and should be the most developed in the world.
The best brains in the world should be migrating to africa,the reverse is the case.