DRC: Don’t sneer at DR Congo, it mirrors the decay in Africa

No country in Africa has suffered more at the hands of foreign powers than the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Congo is in many ways a microcosm of the entire African continent. As it was raped and pillaged and abused by foreigners, so was the rest of the continent. As it continues to be raped and pillaged and abused by foreigners, so is the rest of the continent. Its vast resources, both existing and potential, also mirror those of the continent as a whole. In a sense, when we read about the Congo, we are reading about ourselves. When the Congolese are ridiculed and abused, all of us on this continent are ridiculed and abused.