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Ben Carter Democratic Republic of the Congo

1.) The president of the Congo is Joseph Kabila and he is of the independent party. 2.) Joseph Kabila represents the Republic of the Congo. It is apart of the sub-Saharan Part of Africa. DRC is one of the poorest nations in money but it is one of the richest in national resources with about 24 trillion us dollars. The DRC’s total population is 17,450,000 people. Its social structure is very poor because of the fact that many Rwandan refugees have gone into the DRC and war as broke out in it between the refugees and the militia that followed them. 3.) Joseph went into the military after high school. After that didn’t work out he joined a local militia. All this occurred in his native country of Tanzia. 4.) The DRC is in relations with Japan. The Congo exports tobacco, rare metals, and also wood. They import automobiles from japan. They also share an trading alliance with Iran. Iran got uranium from the Congo. Also they trade between countries for economics. They also collaborate on energy funds. The United States has enthusiastically supported Congolese democratization efforts, contributing aid to the country's electoral process.So we are in cahoots with the us! As a side note the DRC has 7 Olympic athletes. 5.) The Democratic Republic of the Congo has a rank of 31 overall  It has a 33 in safety rule of law.  It has a 30 in participation and human rights  It has a 26 in sustainable economic opportunity.  It has a 35 in human development. 6.) He started out as a Guerrilla fighter along with rebels hind his father who was acting in command. Then after acting as the Major General he was appointed president of the DRC. He succeeded his father. He now fights the rebels he once ran with. His foes are now Rwanda, also the rebels he once called friends. He hasn’t fought them though. Mostly Zimbabwean armies battled the rebels. He now is friends with Japan, Iran and also his home country of Tanzia. He also has some supporters who call him “a military hero”.  "At age 29, he was considered young and inexperienced. He subsequently attempted to end the ongoing civil war by negotiating peace agreements with rebel groups who were backed by Rwanda and Uganda, the same regional armies who brought his father Laurent-Désiré Kabila's rebel group to power 3 years before."(Wikipedia) So he had many doubters when he first came into office. In 2002 he was successful in creating a peace agreement ending the second congo war.The Rwandan war/ genocide has ended but still more people are dying daily due to the aftermath.  Now the Congo is still in a economic struggle. I need the money so we can get medical aid to try to help post war disease. Also to try to build better homes and infrastructure to help our grade rise. Finally i would need the money to help build a better army rather than just militia in case the shaky peace agreement so the war doesn’t return.

Sources: [|__http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/aug/26/un-report-rwanda-congo-hutus__] [|__http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/6209774.stm__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kabila__] <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"Democratic Republic of the Congo woes." International Travel News Mar. 2006: 20. Student Resources in Context. Web. 29 Sep. 2011. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Document URL <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000099; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|__http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?&id=GALE%7CA143159595&v=2.1&u=pl7053&it=r&p=GPS&sw=w__]