thanks to the cough and now the truck. it works and the video shoot can't continue. in his 20 year music career thus far folly has joined the club of multimillionaires but it did and the number of members is increasing. the country is rich in minerals including coal 10 from which tantalum is extracted the metal is used in the manufacture of mobile phones. the mines are in the great lakes region in the eastern part of the country near the road wand and border goma the capital of north keep the province has been shaken by bloody conflicts for more than 2 decades armed groups fight each other for control

of the mineral resources. the un has stationed 16000 peacekeepers here to shore up a fragile peace. the residents in this region are poor and traumatized by violence . those who have made their fortune live along the shore of lake kiva including one of the region's most influential businessmen. is a villa is guarded around the clock by police it's like a fortress. is a multi-millionaire. rebirth how are you. friends of yours also korea his wealth comes from coal 10 mining he was once a rebel leader in 2006 he was elected to parliament in the most c.c. district. the 4th to you. when you're

a politician so you can still do business. to business. freely admits that political clout has helped him. he runs the mining cooperative co-op or rama which extracts coal tan his bodyguards never leave his side. i ask him where we are you see on a or so says caulker omas headquarters serious with the other. part of the mineral trade off the net as if. the simple building belies the millions that co-op aroma turns over each year. the face of a bad setting gulliver's over the production figures of the last few days. this is

on the 6th it was full of ten's and $668.00 kilos the numbers are looking pretty good as i've said is this it's you know it's 40 tons in total is a bit like ask how much that's worth like you know it's a kilo is about $42.00 to $45.00. $50.00 of it was over there you can do the math or english if it does it is rather foolish. in the last few days the mines have brought in close to 2000000 euros. with 3000 mine workers co-op urashima is the region's biggest employer here where i ask if any children work in his mind's. eye i know for a year for now that's illegal as are officers who make sure they don't his own children should be in school not the mines so the 2 that i live called you know that i'm over. helmets boots and masks are mandatory in the mines to ensure the work. safety. according to setting up the mines are seen as

a model for the region. they're situated about 60 kilometers from goma in one of the most beautiful landscapes in africa. but it's also among the most dangerous regions. conflict has raged on here for more than 20 years. and. in 19941 of the worst atrocities of the 20th century took place in neighboring rwanda and genocide that killed almost 1000000 people. hundreds of thousands of people fled to the democratic republic of congo including many of the perpetrators.

since then survivors and perpetrators have lived side by side in this volatile region meanwhile on to rebel groups clash over congo's valuable resources. we head to the mines with long haul bags nkosi chief engineer sending us to move this story will get up to me like this in india has saved the most a c. community thanks to him life can go on is normal and love is the best in obama. but little seems to have changed in the region in recent years the roads are disastrous every day people risk their lives getting to work.

several times on our journey be a call nearly beares off the road into the ravine. because look at this one that was close a bit further and we have ended up in the river. and i was at a foot. in the day. after 5 hours on the road we reach. home to the biggest cult and mine in the country about 100000 people live here. among them. his wife and their 3 children the family lives in this 15 square metre home. everything has its designated spot.

the house is very small we hang the shoes on the walls. or children's things are here. the adjacent room has the kitchen and the family's bed. the bed is very narrow now we sleep there. and my wife cooks here for. the couple moved here 5 years ago hoping to get wealthy from the mines. no not that i hope god will help me so one day i can buy a car like this one. for now earns the equivalent of 5 euros per day for. his work is many kilometers away from the center of. it takes him an hour and a half to get there. there

are hundreds of coal 10 mines in the area but. the ones who works in what is called. the top of. the order is extracted from the sludge by. a funny one i think is that it's easier by hand a fast way we can separate the coal tan from the sand was good enough come up once processed it's an important part of manufacturing micro electronic components. this is called hand it's mainly used for mobile phones. zeal has to climb into the mind to dig. their way down a slippery. hallway. stop you know.

if you know how to do it it's pretty easy. there's nothing to hold on to for the 15 meter descent. at the bottom it's difficult to breathe. the shops and tunnels are not adequately supported there it risk of collapsing. she'll get to work with a pickax. there's a lot of sand here it's endless. extraction is the priority not safety.

serious accidents often occur in these mines. i ask if it's dangerous sometimes rocks for. sees no problems with the safety standards. it's no more for there to be deaths in mines because of landslides for example not just in rubaiyat but everywhere. if this shaft collapsed now we'd probably all suffocate. there are no official figures but fatal accidents while calls and mining are commonplace not the exception. we noticed that some of the miners looked very young. seems uncomfortable with our questions. well do you think i'm 20 in love until he's 20 years old. he may seem

younger because he's so small but he manages well. if you don't just like of shields 30 or so colleagues can look younger than 18 years old. in this region and others we regularly encounter children who hide when they see our cameras. according to unicef more than $40000.00 children work and the d r c's minds. while this mineral makes some people rich it robs others of their childhood and sometimes even their life. everyone tries to profit from colds and mining which is why the black market is flourishing. a considerable portion of his valuable commodity is sold under the table to avoid paying taxes to the congolese government.

this illegal trade takes place with the help of congolese soldiers who left the convoys pass through. it was always too soon to go to. war for the. war memory or for poor memory just. the soldier makes good money through the black market trade. war. force the modern army. to move the. shoes are provable example of profit motive. was a search on the law and we do a lot. of closure because if you want to darn europe. was closer to the new law paul almost a civil suit. the democratic republic of congo is one of the 20 most corrupt countries. in the world illegal trade means the

congolese state misses out on several 1000000000 euros in revenue every year nevertheless the mining sector drove congo's economy to almost 6 percent growth in 2018 that economic success is especially showcased on the boulevard of june 30th in d.r. cease capital kinshasa. the street is named after the d r c s independence day. being an entrepreneur is something many young congolese dream. job is demanding but the financial independence more than makes up for it. one such entrepreneur is celebrating a lucrative new contract with erik monk not only runs a business he's also the head of a trade association although both though he is to the future of the business a lot of oakwood good luck with your project i think that i'm.

they toast with expensive champagne because eric has good news he just returned from florida in the united states where he met with investors he has convinced them to fund his ambitious project which will cost more than 400000000 euros. it will see on the contract was signed goes on but before that that's all i can tell you some will up and go from the government bit we're drinking to celebrate how our friend negotiated to. negotiate. eric wants to construct a hydroelectric power plant. fewer than one in 5 people in congo have access to electricity. he wants to change that. some give all in every problem there's also a business opportunity but people need food they need clothes in and now we want to make sure they have electricity because in luke is a deal with. those he plans to improve. living conditions for at least some

of the nearly 100000000 people in the d.r. see. erich mancow is from la bomba she and the southern part of the country he made his fortune with a company specializing in the chemical analysis of minerals. he's about to show us the location of his future dam. the area is remote and sparsely populated. the project will mean bringing workers in from far away but the challenge is worth it to. someone to flip the power plant will bring in almost $1000000.00 per month ago a lot of money. is looks welcome to the bush. eric has set up a small camp in the middle of the wilderness it hosts

a team of engineers. it is going to be a see below how's it going where they've been about a dozen employees have been living here for a year. they have a water tank a generator and some small sheds. some of right now we're standing at about $735.00 makes is called the top of the dam will be $830.00 medias if you live in the water will go up to that level of it where the sun is this will be an enormous lake. just up. at a height of 90 meters the dam will be one of the largest in the d r c. it'll have a capacity of 150 megawatts providing half a 1000000 residents with power. and building it will create about 3000 jobs.

well so it could push when making something that will really benefit the region and community it's especially important for fun as they need electricity to modernize our culture at the exit in those people so there will be. several investors especially americans have shown interest in the project eric hopes to wrap up construction within 3 years let's see. he believes people can be successful when they have the courage to leap into the unknown. because of all the book with his own been able to move only lows if you see oh yeah many people have found success here why not me. but if you work hard you can make a lot of money here in a short time doing the month you did the job is supposed to. eric is not alone in this belief more and more congolese are becoming entrepreneurs throwing themselves

into the business world in the hope of escaping poverty. back to kinshasa. in the early morning bread sellers come from all parts of the city to stock up from this wholesaler. many women make a living this way. he comes here every day at 6 am. it's a book says. he was widowed 6 months ago now she must provide for her family alone. told this to me case. like no it's something heavy i'm used to it's a specific job. he is balancing more than

15 kilos. every day she sets up her stand on a busy street corner. if the much is a cake $300.00 francs. i'll take one. look and say you've got an associate he did it oh thanks. there was some of the form of i asked to come here and buy bread for marie. like her standing it's clean but there isn't a. he gets lots of customers with her friendly disposition. is now as if going well today yet here. she typically earns about 60 euros a day selling bread. she dreams of opening more stalls and even getting rich.

if i've always said i was a if you know how to manage a business you can become a millionaire he just have to be smart to plan properly and run your business well that's a little bit i'll tell you that. she still has a long way to go for net profit at the end of the day is only 18 year olds. now he goes to church 3 times per week to pray and thank god. there are. some of them both in the that's what god is very important so i make everything to him it looking like this. evangelical churches thrive in congo. and some make their money from capitalizing on other people's faith.

on this sunday morning in kinshasa the city's usually bustling streets are nearly deserted. since dawn tens of thousands of people have been streaming into the country's national stadium but. it would. pass away like a. good they're not here for a soccer match or a concert. the $80000.00 attendees have come to see a man they believe performs miracles. i. believe in the prophet condors miracles there were no more. than i was dying and then i drank a glass of his miracle juice and my saint disappeared immediately i'm living proof that he's a prophet and a prophet the 1st. there

are camera crews photographers cheerleaders and lots of police. it's one of the biggest events of the year. it's even being broadcast live on television. dominique conde is the man everyone is waiting for. the self-proclaimed prophet as several 1000000. 20 enters the stadium the crowd erupts. before he goes on stage he greets former prime minister. the wife of former president joseph kabila is also in the audience. after a few prayers and songs he begins to preach if you don't want you to succeed or live in abundance prosperity and 12 year low blow. but

even in poverty even when you were hungry or ill you have everything as long as you realize the truth you came in i feel you know it's a man. dominic condo's business model involves a supposed miracle cure that he peddles across the country but not here out in the open instead he sells it discreetly in small communities the business has already gone to several 1000000 euro. a few days later we a company conned too much to take a can shot a suburb. outside the church more than a 100 of his followers are waiting. for. them to profit told me to stop spending money on doctors who told me to drink the juice and pray. at 11 o'clock

dominic condo arrives in his luxury car. i. assume his followers have all come for some of his suppose it miracle cure but 1st the prophet wants a donation. condom receives the sick as though they were on a conveyor belt. if this woman had a brain hemorrhage one year ago. i came to the profit because i'm very ill but when i heard about the profits miracle cure i asked to be brought to him i can't walk anymore. this is written for the whole of the fish. she should be messing with the juice i think that will help her with the something the put the food so that. i have faith that he will heal me. the consultations

usually only last seconds you need to take to juice. the prescription is always the same which are you taking the juice yes for 12 to keep taking it to help. after speaking to the profit the sick people are sent next door to the pharmacy for this is where they get the famous juice the flea thing that. is it no one here doubts its healing powers. said it sure is aids stomach pain liver cancer cirrhosis all kinds of diseases but you might if you get the legislation busy i had aids and lost a lot of weight. limits places basis now i weigh 52 key legs thanks to the juice from the profit dummy content. that's going to be healed me

they think. there's no science behind the juice but many people blindly trust it. happen leader costs the equivalent of $14.00 euro so about a 3rd of the average monthly salary it was to me that did the 3 of us pooled our money and we're going to share a bottle. right there so i. thought but the idea. there's a strong smell of gasoline on the road. there's lemon juice in it gasoline and some other ingredients. if you think. they could but. right now the juice is bottled on site. but demand is so high that soon conda will begin producing it in a factory. is the new.

packaging. according to the packaging the juice cures epilepsy cancer and even games the active ingredient of divine enlightenment. for this product treats illnesses with different causes such as epilepsy cancer and so on roll call say. it says it cures aids but he didn't read that this is a no no we haven't tried it with aids much my sense is i'm a lot. more than half a 1000000 congolese are h.i.b. positive. another suppose a benefit of the miracle cure it can bring children back from the dead it was some people have applied the juice to this stillborn baby and they've woken up again. really more. juice that can cure aids and bring the dead back to life

congolese authorities don't stop him from selling tens of thousands of bottles of his gasoline lemon mixture every year while his assistants count the days earnings most congolese people continue their daily struggle against poverty. the road to becoming a millionaire legitimately as long and hard that's why some take shortcuts. to. take. what happens when people live by their face ministry is about letting people know hey you're not alone you like. many people think a monastery is an ideal world it's the foot by the way to go but we're just ordinary human beings religion today. we're alive more vibrant we're

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