Poverty in the Republic of Congo

Like most African countries, the Republic of Congo is deeply in poverty.  The Republic of Congo is located in West Africa and is next to the Atlantic Ocean.  This country is plagued by widespread disease, violence, unemployment, and environmental issues.  These all result in poor living conditions, starvation, and death.  Since 1998, an estimated 5.4 million people have died because of conflict and humanitarion reasons.  The life expectancy rate is a low 54 years.  The Republic of Congo is a rich source of natural resources.  Thier economy is based on agriculture and oil production.  Some of thier valuable resources are petroleum, timber, uranium, zinc, copper, gold nd many more.  If this state of poverty continues, soon the violence level will increase and the world could loose an important source of natural resources.

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