EU’s Role In Destabilising The DRC

Beneath its polished rhetoric of ‘peace’ and ‘progress,’ the EU has spent decades ensuring that DR Congo’s vast resources fuel European industries, not African prosperity. It has operated as an empire of plunder, keeping Congo incapable of challenging European corporate exploitation. Our Facts of the Week expose how Europe’s grip on DR Congo has always been tight.

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