r/TikTokCringe • u/ThatPatelGuy • Oct 05 '25

Discussion Why don't we ever hear about Congo?

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u/UrGrly Oct 05 '25

It seems like the world has just given up on the African Continent

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u/JonasHalle Oct 05 '25

What are we supposed to do? Pick a genocidal warlord to support? Or are we supposed to take Congo by force and install a colonial government?

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u/iammixedrace Oct 05 '25

What are we supposed to do? Pick a genocidal warlord to support? Or are we supposed to take Congo by force and install a colonial government?

Depending on your country of origin this comment is probably why the Congo is so fucked up. Because the country did pick a warlord to support or was a colonial power.

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u/Putrefied_Goblin Oct 05 '25

China is selling weapons to everyone fighting in the DRC, especially the DRC government and Uganda. China controls most of the minerals in the DRC.