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Article: The Democratic Republic of the Congo: hoping beyond hope. (Topic).
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- African Business
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- June 1, 2003
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If the recent peace deals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) stick, this vast country can begin to tap into its enormous store of natural resources and realise undreamt of wealth. Anaysis by NEIL FORD
Stability is a relative concept in many parts of Africa and nowhere more so than in Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). The soldiers of many nations and armed groups are still in the field, the country has been devastated by a series of closely interlinked wars for several years and the economy has been shattered by the lethal combination of uncertainty and fighting. But the situation is at least better than it was. A peace process of sorts is making ...