answer is copper.
tungsten and manganese.
incursion into some much-needed perspective.
The Cold War rhetoric about Soviet imperialism in Africa conveniently masks the real source of Western concern over Zaire. Imperialism is terrilied of the polential mass opposition to dictator Mobutu.
Little mention has been made of uns woespecao support Tor of Congo What makes Kolwezi so attractive to France, Belgium, the US, Britain and West Germany? The one-word Supplementary answers include cobalt, zinc, tin, diamonds, gold, silver, uranium, RICHARD CARVER puts the latest imperialist National Liberation (ENL). precisely because any anti-Mobutu automatically popular sympathy.
Mobutu & important to imperialisen for two reasons.
Strategically he represents a solid reactionary butfer in the middle of Africa Zaire His army incompetent and badly organised. An incident from last Front year's war is indicative.
Troops southern Zaire threatened to desert. because received weeks. Mobutu responded by ordering 1,560 from a local hotel.
political counts for more than compeASITe 15 recipient of US military aid and has proved its worth a number of times.
Imperialism backed Mobutu in the 1960s It was he who handed over radical nationalist Patrice Lumumba murdered by Katangan rebels. When the imperialises withdrew their favours that they turned.
INVASION 2021030 egulars fought alongside th Western backed FNLA aguins the radical startlingly cal Ludumbashi they had PLOVISIO IS motivation tbe largest the revenge were disgusted Zaire's feature is its resources. I is the post-colonial WOrld'S CODRa still provides MANAGEMENT which aims Dil-Tich is not Moburn's full-scale companies imperialist brutal alscard and Mobutu: lest of friends And a Belgian refugee Irom Kolweri related the barbarous the taken by Mobutu's the Moroccans other attractive world's fourth larrest cooper Troug and provides 60 per cent of tbe Management of the economy forte: the country is generally described as the noorest rich country in But his policy ol Zaircanisa tion" of the mineral resource • the creation of state bolding has had the desired effect of playing off one power against Belgium is still the largest investor, with 40 per cent of the corporation. Britain and the United Stale have considerable interests and concession af a large West German rocker company well as having a considerable bubtary imporlance. (See News from Nowhere, page 3).
But now France makes the running. The Zairean economy has all but collapsed with the Tall in the world price of coppe and the Angolan closure of th Benguela railwas, This has given French investors the chance to increase their hold. DIFFICULT This process was speeded up by Freuch munary intervention on Moburu's behalf in 1977. Tbe French Government denies that any such base considera tion entered il nund when sent in the paras this time.
the FNLC rebels is scanty and a political cvaisation difficull.
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