Why is Congo So Unstable‪?‬ The Rest of the Iceberg

An archive of news stories on any country will be mixed—some happy, some
sad. Congo, or the Democratic Republic of Congo to give the country its
full name, might be the exception. Despite its extraordinary natural
resources, including large deposits of diamonds, copper, uranium, and
coltan, and enough hydro-electric potential to power all the countries of
Africa South of its borders, the news out of Congo has been reliably tragic
for more than a hundred years. If you replace “Despite” with “Because of”
at the start of the previous sentence, you’ll have the main reason why
Congo has been a mess for so long.