Congo Quote by Tim Butcher

“Nothing looks the same after a trip to the Congo. The world back home no longer makes sense. It is difficult to reconcile how…

— Siddharth Kara

There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its…

— Paul Kagame

And yet the world we live in-its divisions and conflicts, its widening gap between rich and poor, its seemingly inexplicable outbursts of violence-is shaped…

— Adam Hochschild

“Some neighbouring countries of Dem. Rep. of the Congo are full of ambitions and they will bring their own downfall in the near future.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“The old man might have been drunk, but he was right. Outsiders have robbed and exploited the people of the Congo ever since the…

— Tim Butcher

“A stable and prosperous DRC is the victory of the World. Congo is a deciding factor for Africa's development whether we like it or…

— Dr Ahmed Padia Binkatabana

Congo has vast stands of biologically important forests as well as remote areas still waiting to be explored, yet we have very few botanists.…

— Corneille Ewango

“In Africa, there is a birthrate trap: a higher standard of living will lead to smaller families but smaller families will not lead to…

— Christopher Hitchens

I certainly think that many of the themes, and many of the ways that I wrote about Congo, will continue to live on in…

— Anjan Sundaram

“To the Africans throughout the Congo conscripted to work on these and other new enterprises, the Great Depression, paradoxically, brought lifesaving relief.”

— Adam Hochschild

“My rights to the Congo are not for sharing; they are the fruits of my labours and my expenditures . . . The adversaries…

— Anonymous

Even in Congo, where conflicts are happening, people have births, weddings, deaths, and celebrations.

— Lynn Nottage