As Africa’s third large country, in size the equivalent of Western Europe, richly endowed with mineral and other natural resources, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) or Congo (Kinshasa) has the potential to become one of the Continent’s most prosperous nations. However, until peace and stability are restored and effective economic reforms introduced it seems […]
The Central African Republic (formerly known as Ubangi-Shari) gained independence from France in 1960, and saw several decades of unrest under military rule afterwards. After a series of flawed elections, Faustin-Archange Touadera was elected president in 2016. Economically, agriculture remains the main source of income for the people of the Central African Republic, accounting for […]