Military coup in the Congo while the President is out the country. Macron and the French are baffled!
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💥 Another Coup?! Really 🤔
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Hope the military can shut down those cobalt mines as well
Minerals are the only source of income for those countries.
Wrong Congo. The Democratic Republic of Congo, or the DRC, is the country with the most cobalt mines in the world.
The Republic of Congo is the one that supposedly had the coup attempt. But they're denying it. And I don't think they have many, if any, cobalt mines.
It's unlikely that will happen. The cobalt mines are unfortunately one of those situations where the mines are economically infeasible if modern methods are used, because the deposits are so pocketed and the need for small, inexpensive laborers is great. Plus, it is the classic dilemma of a poor economy that either the children work in addition to the adults, or the family starves.