A very unique Zombie story of it's kind as told through the thrills of a typical African setting.
Why is it that there are only 3 African countries in the world whose names start with the letter "Z" and share borders?
This story takes you on a jour...
Location and Landscape. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) formerly known as Zaire (the river that captures other rivers) has a total of nine countries sharing its borders.
NORTH of the country is South Sudan and the Central African Republic. EAST: Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, and Rwanda. WEST: The Republic of Congo. SOUTH: Angola and Zambia.
It must be noted that south of Zambia also lies Zimbabwe, the only 3 countries in the World whose first letter starts with "Z" and are located within the same region, coincidence or something sinister??? These are questions of the ages that always need answers at all costs.
This land of dense rainforests, torrential rivers and the continent's most active volcanoes, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is as extreme in its beauty as its size. This therefore makes it have an enormous agricultural and hydropower potential that could turn the country into the torchlight and economic powerhouse of the continent.
Wildlife In a nutshell this country is by far very very large. Five of the country's national parks are listed in this country as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO: the Garumba , Kahuzi-Biega , Salonga and Virunga National Parks, and the Okapi Wildlife Reserve. Boasting in these reserves are lions, hippos, giraffes, monkeys, all the animals you could dream to have held up in your local zoo, and exclusively here alone can you find the endangered Mountain Silver-Back Gorilla's.
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Mountain Silver Back Gorilla
Minerals DRC boasts one of the most valuable reserves of minerals and precious gems in the world, including metals which are paramount to the assembly of mobile phones and laptops. Listing all the minerals would be a boring exercise but some of the notable ones are Iron ore, Magnesium, Diamonds, Potash, Phosphate, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Gold.
Yet there are others more precious and classified as "Conflict Resources" Under the US Conflict Minerals Law. Conflict resources are natural resources extracted in a conflict zone and sold to perpetuate the fighting. Various armies, rebel groups, and outside actors have profited from this mining while contributing to violence and exploitation during wars in the region. The four most commonly mined conflict minerals are known as 3TGs (Tin, Tungsten, Tantalum, Gold).
These minerals are essential in the manufacture of a variety of devices, including consumer electronics such as the mobile phones, laptops, etc..... jet engine/turbine blades, drill bits, end mills and other tools. Biocides, fungicides and tin, an intermediate in polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and high performance paint manufacturing. Fishing weights, dart tips and golf club heads. Gold is used in jewelry, electronics, and dental products. Imagine the minerals to produce all these artifacts being found in one place.
Politics As earlier started these minerals tend to have various players interested to obtain them at whatever cost, even if it means using the old "divide and conquer" tactic via "Civil Unrest" "Civil War" "Political Assassinations" "Child Soldiers" "Child labour" "Rape of Women" all in achieving their greedy goals to extract minerals at the expense of the Soul of the Nation.
This is why the 3rd United Nations Secretary General, Swedish native Dag Hammarskjöld took a hands-on approach to trying to solve the issues facing Zaire. On September 18, 1961, just after midnight, Hammarskjöld was on his way to negotiate a cease-fire when his plane went down near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia). He was killed in the crash. A mystery has always surrounded the tragedy to this day.
But the most prominent speculation is that the enemies of the Congolese government had murdered the secretary-general, notably the Belgium firms with mining interests. Hammarskjöld was later honored with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1961, the first recipient ever to receive the award posthumously.
The truth of his death has forever remained buried with him, or so everyone thought. There are only so many bodies you can sweep under a rag before the smell of rotting corpses start to give you away of what you did.
As the Assassination machinery now turned it's attention to the incumbent sitting President of Congo DR, Patrice Lumumba, the very true story not meant for print, not meant to be seen by any eye, heard by any ear, for no mind nor heart could even come to comprehend the truth as it begun to unravel itself..........
Yawning... because of the feeling of another Geography-history lesson Well let's get onto more sticky stuff. But if you're enjoying what you seeing, feel free to stick your thumb on the star below, cheers, lol.
