Republic of the Congo

expression and sensitivity. The only place that they can be found is in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and live in the Congo Basin. There is said to be between 10,000 to 50,000 left in the wild. Bonobos are omnivores, eating seeds, fruit, leaves, pith, flowers, nuts, insects, flying squirrels and duikers. The bonobo is only found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more specifically, the Congo basin. The congo basin is the second largest rainforest…

time occurred on September 18th, 1961. “Between ten and fifteen minutes after midnight on Monday 18 September 1961, a DC-6B aircraft crashed near the airport of Ndola, a town in the British colony of Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), not far from the Congo border” (Williams, p. 3). Dag Hammerskjold, along with all 15 other passengers who accompanied him on his venture, died after the plane crashed in Zambia (Williams, p. 3). Dag Hammerskjold was the United Nations Secretary General who believed…

The Democratic Republic of Congo’s Unknown Burden of Neglected Tropical Disease”, it discusses the diseases that the natives received in the neglection of colonialism. “Beyond sleeping sickness, the decades of conflict and breakdowns in health infrastructure have contributed to the high prevalence of several NTDS (neglected tropical diseases), although paradoxically conflict may not be a significant factor in the emergence of malaria and HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic Congo” (Rimoin 1),…

Some of the obstacles of surrounding vaccination in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) made eradication of smallpox in the country seem unlikely. These obstacles included a lack of infrastructure/travel, an uncooperative government, and an inability to conduct active surveillance on the amount of individuals vaccinate as well as an issue with detecting cases of smallpox. Many of these issues are akin to those faced by the effort to keep the DRC free of polio.1 In 2017 two confirmed cases…

The effect of the Republic of Congo's Government was relatively positive on Berthe's life chances up until 1997. Although led by a one-party state for a long period of the countries independent history, the Republic of Congo was the fourth biggest oil producer in the Gulf of Guinea which led to a level of prosperity and stability. Berthe was an educated woman, a nurse, and from a wealthy family – her mother owning her own pharmacy. From this, I gather that the economic state of affairs and…

MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND POPULATION -=-=-=-=- CABINET BETWEEN The Ministry of health and population, represented by Mrs Jacqueline Lydia MIKOLO, Minister of health and population, (hereinafter referred to as “MSP”), on…

Belgian colonialism in the Congo Basin has often been cited as an extreme case of how a narrow minded focus in the extraction of resources by a colonial power can have dramatic negative consequences on local populations and result in a lack of infrastructure and stable governance. During the period of 1908 to 1960 Belgian powers sought to control the rich resources of the Congo Basin. Through widespread fear tactics and suppression of the local populace the Belgians enslaved locals to work…

They were attacking villages and abducting children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) during the Peace Talks by the order of Joseph Kony. When the Final Peace Agreement was ready to be signed, Joseph Kony was nowhere to be found, repeating postponing the signing date or just didn’t feel like coming. It is believed that he…

cording to National Wildlife Federation (2016), “in the last two decades, childhood has moved indoors. The average American boy/ girl spends as few as 30 minutes in unstructured outdoor play each day, and more than seven hours each day in front of an electronic screen.” One of the most important topics in modern psychology and anthropology is children’s development from infancy to adults. Historically, their primary and secondary social agent teaches children how to interaction. In this essay,…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s official independence movement lasted only one year. Even though there had been a lot of resistance by the Congo people to Belgian rule since the 1800’s, the people did not seriously consider gaining independence until the 1950’s. The independence movement officially started in January 1959. This period in history was a perfect time for the people of the Congo to stand up to Belgium. This is because after World War Two Belgium was not in a good condition…