Conflicts in Central Africa in the context of the fight for natural resources (by the example of the Democratic Republic of Congo)
Abstract
The article analyses an economic aspect
of conflicts in Central Africa - the fight for natural resources.
Focusing on a long period of history, starting
from the colonial years till today, the author defines the
dependence between the activities of large western
companies on the African continent and the conflicts, depicts
the relationships between the presence of foreign
military forces in the DRC with the plundering of natural
resources of the DRC, and discloses the reasons of the
rising conflicts in the areas of the DRC, which are mostly
rich in such raw materials as gold, diamonds, coltan,
copper, tin ore and others. As a result, the research concludes
that the shadow economy of the DRC is intrinsically
connected with the multinational corporations, for
which an unstable climate is a must-have condition of
activity. Therefore, conflicts in Central Africa are directly
connected with the use of natural resources.
of conflicts in Central Africa - the fight for natural resources.
Focusing on a long period of history, starting
from the colonial years till today, the author defines the
dependence between the activities of large western
companies on the African continent and the conflicts, depicts
the relationships between the presence of foreign
military forces in the DRC with the plundering of natural
resources of the DRC, and discloses the reasons of the
rising conflicts in the areas of the DRC, which are mostly
rich in such raw materials as gold, diamonds, coltan,
copper, tin ore and others. As a result, the research concludes
that the shadow economy of the DRC is intrinsically
connected with the multinational corporations, for
which an unstable climate is a must-have condition of
activity. Therefore, conflicts in Central Africa are directly
connected with the use of natural resources.
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