1. the Copper exports are fake. Or rather, it's probably mislabeled shipments from DRC. ITIE data on copper production does not match at all.
2. The 17 000 deaths from the railway are not from a crackdown on a rebellion but from the construction itself. It was built on the cheap with mostly bare hands (they barely used any dynamite) and a huge part of those deaths came from diseases because most of the workforce was from Chad as colonial companies were unable or unwilling to release local labor for this project.
Two things :
1. the Copper exports are fake. Or rather, it's probably mislabeled shipments from DRC. ITIE data on copper production does not match at all.
2. The 17 000 deaths from the railway are not from a crackdown on a rebellion but from the construction itself. It was built on the cheap with mostly bare hands (they barely used any dynamite) and a huge part of those deaths came from diseases because most of the workforce was from Chad as colonial companies were unable or unwilling to release local labor for this project.
made updates and I credited you when I restacked it!
No I certainly did not know about the two Congos. Thanks.
Thanks I'll make those updates and credit you, thank you SeuBongo