A New Momentum: Kusimbisa Zvisungo Pakati peDRC neUK

naProf. NDOLAMB NGOKWEY, PhD, MPH, MA Mumiriri weDRC kuUK

SeMumiriri weDemocratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) kuUnited Kingdom, ndine rombo rakanaka rekumiririra nyika yakapfuma munhoroondo, kugona, uye shuviro. DRC, iyo nyika huru muSub-Saharan Africa, yakamira panguva yakakosha muhukama hwayo neUK. Inguva inotsanangurwa nekudiwa kwekuziva nhoroondo yakagovaniswa pakati penyika dzedu, tichikurudzirawo kudyidzana kutsva kunogona kusimudzira hupfumi hwedu nenharaunda kumberi.

Vashoma vanhu vanoziva basa rakaitwa nevagari vemuBritain munhoroondo yeDRC, kunyangwe Belgian isati yatanga kutonga Congo. Kubva pane zvakapihwa naDavid Livingstone naHenry Morton Stanley — vaongorori vane mukurumbira veyava kunzi DRC nhasi — kusvika pabasa raEdmund Morel, mutori wenhau wekuBritain uye murwiri wezvematongerwo enyika uyo akavamba sangano reCongo Reform Association, vagari vekuBritain vakanyanya kukosha mukuumba mhirizhonga yeCongo. yapfuura. Kuedza kwaMorel kwakabatsira kutanga sangano repasi rose rekufumura kushungurudzwa muCongo Free State. Zvisungo zvekare zvakaita seizvi zvinoshanda sehwaro hwakasimba hwekuvaka remangwana rakavakirwa pakuremekedzana, kushandira pamwe mune zveupfumi, uye zvido zvevamwe.

Nhasi, DRC inombundira chirevo chayo: Kutonga kweMutemo, Runyararo, Basa, iyo inobata zvishuwo zvevanhu vekuCongo. Nyika yedu inotsvaga kururamisira, kuchengetedzeka, uye mabasa ane hunhu - izvo zvinonyanya kuratidzwa muzvisungo zvitanhatu zveMutungamiriri Félix Antoine Tshisekedi kwechikamu chavo chechipiri pachigaro: kugadzira mabasa, kusiyanisa hupfumi hwenyika, kuchengetedza simba rekutenga dzimba, kuchengetedzwa kwakavandudzwa, kuwaniswa kwemabasa eruzhinji emhando yepamusoro uye kusimudzira. yezvakakosha zvivakwa. Zvisungo izvi hazvina kukosha chete kugarikano yevagari vedu asiwo zvinoratidza kugadzirira kwedu kudyidzana kukuru nedzimwe nyika.

Muchirevo chechinyorwa chino, DRC yakavhurika bhizinesi. Iine nzvimbo ine saizi yeWestern Europe uye huwandu hwevanhu vanopfuura mamirioni e100, kunyanya vadiki, DRC inomiririra musika wakakura uye dura revashandi vane hunyanzvi. Nyika yedu yakakomborerwa nekusiyana-siyana uye kwakasarudzika, zviwanikwa zvakawanda, kusanganisira kuwanda kwezvicherwa zvakakosha zvakakosha pakuchinja kwesimba repasi rose. Nyika inobata 70% yepasi rose cobalt reserves, yakakosha kumabhatiri emotokari yemagetsi. Muna 2022 chete, DRC yakatumira kunze zvicherwa zvaikosha mabhiriyoni gumi nemana emadhora, mazhinji acho aienda kumisika yepasi rose.

Pamusoro pezvicherwa, DRC ine simba rinoshamisa rekugadzira simba remvura, nekukwanisa kugadzira 100,000 megawatts, inoverengera chikamu chimwe muzvina chesimba remagetsi epasi rose. Rwizi rweCongo, rwechipiri kureba muAfrica, rwuri pamwoyo weichi chiitiko, ichipa mikana mikuru yekugadzira simba regirinhi. Pamusoro pezvo, nemahekita 80 miriyoni evhu rinorimika uye sango rechipiri pakukura pasirese, DRC iri pachinzvimbo chekubatsira zvakanyanya mukuchengetedzeka kwechikafu chepasi rose uye kuedza kuderedza kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze. Ndosaka tichiti DRC inyika ine mhinduro yeNyika.

Europe yagara iri imwe yevadyidzani vakakosha veDRC. Muna 2022, kutengeserana pakati peDRC neEuropean Union (EU) kwakapfuura mabhiriyoni mashanu emadhora, EU ichive imwe yemisika mikuru yezvigadzirwa zveCongo. Pamusoro pezvo, UK, ichitevera Brexit, yakavandudza pfungwa yayo pakuvaka hukama hwakasimba hwekutengeserana pakati penyika dzemuAfrica. Mumakore mashoma apfuura, kutengeserana pakati peUK neDRC kwakura zvakanyanya, kunyanya muchikamu chemigodhi nekurima. Kutengeswa kweUK kwezvicherwa zveCongo uye zvigadzirwa zvekurima zvinopa zvekushandisa zvakakosha kumaindasitiri eBritish, uku DRC ichitenga kunze kwezvinhu zvakagadzirwa neBritish nehunyanzvi muzvikamu zvakaita sezvemari nehunyanzvi. Uhwu hukama hunobatsira hwatinovavarira kuwedzera sezvo chiyero chekutengeserana chakaderera kana tichienzanisa nemikana. Sekureva kweHofisi yeNational Statistic (ONS), huwandu hwekutengeserana pakati peUK neDRC £5 miriyoni kudzikira kwe262% kana £23.2 miriyoni kubva pagore rapfuura.

Nekudaro, kutengeserana chete hakugone kugadzirisa matambudziko ese akatarisana neDRC. Kwemakumi emakore, Eastern DRC yanga ichinetswa nekunetsana, kazhinji isingatariswe nenyika dzepasirese zvisinei nedambudziko rakakura rerubatsiro rayakagadzira. Vanhu vanodarika mamiriyoni manomwe vakadzingwa munyika, uye zvivakwa zvakakosha zvakaita sezvikoro nezvipatara zvakaparadzwa. Kurasikirwa nehupenyu nemararamiro hakugone kufuratirwa, uye zvakakosha kuti nharaunda dzepasirese, kusanganisira UK, dzisimudze tsigiro yadzo yekuvaka runyararo mudunhu.

Hurumende yeDRC yagara ichitsvaga hukama hune runyararo nenyika pfumbamwe dzakavakidzana nesu. Zvisinei nekunetsana, chinangwa chedu chikuru chinoramba chiri chekugovera zviwanikwa zvekusimudzira nyika uye kuvandudzwa kwegarikano yevagari vedu, pane kutsausa zviwanikwa izvi kuenda kuhondo kwenguva refu. Runyararo muDRC haruna kukosha chete mukusimudzira uye kugadzikana kwenyika yedu asiwo kune yese Central Africa sub-region. DRC yakagadzikana inogona kufambisa kutengeserana nekubatana kwedunhu, zvichiita kuti tinyatsoona kugona kwedu kwehupfumi uye kubatsira zvakanyanya kumisika yepasi rose.

Runyararo rwakakosha kune bhizinesi nekutengeserana. Kusagadzikana hakungovhiringi misika yemukati menyika chete asiwo kunoodza moyo mari yekunze. Nharaunda dzepasi rose, kunyanya UK, inogona kuita basa rakakosha mukutsigira runyararo muDRC kuburikidza nekuedza kwenyika dzakawanda. DRC inhengo yemasangano akasiyana siyana epasi rose uye yagara ichikurudzira mhinduro dzemarudzi akawanda kumatambudziko epasi rose sekugadzirisa kusawirirana, kuchengetedza kwezvakatipoteredza, uye kusimukira kwehupfumi. Iyo UK, nekuzvipira kwayo kwenguva refu kukudyidzana kwemarudzi akawanda, ishamwari yechisikigo yeDRC mukuedza uku.

Semuyenzaniso, kuburikidza nezvirongwa zvekudyidzana kweEU neAfrica, mari huru yakaitwa mune zvezvivakwa, hutano, uye dzidzo. Chitsidzo cheEU chemabhiriyoni zana nemakumi mashanu emadhora pasi peGlobal Gateway Africa-Europe Investment Package chinoratidza mukana wekubatana kwakadzama. Sezvo DRC ichiramba ichivaka patsva nekuvandudza zvivakwa zvayo, pane mikana mikuru yekuti makambani emuEurope aite zvikamu kubva kusimba rinogoneka kusvika kuhunyanzvi hwedhijitari.

Munguva ino yekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, zviwanikwa zveDRC, kunyanya sango redu rakakura rinonaya mvura zhinji, rinoshanda seimwe yenzvimbo dzinonyura kabhoni huru pasi rose, zvichiita basa rakakosha mukurwisa kudziya kwepasi. Kudyidzana pakati peDRC neUK kwakakosha mukuchengetedza zviwanikwa izvi uku uchikurudzira budiriro inoenderera mberi. Nyika dzeEurope dzakatotanga kuziva izvi, sezvinoratidzwa nekuzvipira kwemazuva ano kweE500 mamiriyoni neEuropean Commission kubatsira kuchengetedza sango remvura reCongo Basin. Kudyidzana kwakadaro kwakakosha, kwete chete mukuchengetedza kwezvakatipoteredza asiwo mukusimudzira kusimukira kweupfumi kunobatsira nharaunda. Kusimudzira hupenyu hwevagari vekumaruwa kunogona zvakare kuve kuburikidza nekudyara mune zvekurima kugadzira mabasa nekusimudzira kutengesa kunze kwenyika. DRC inonyanya kubatsira nekuva nenzvimbo dzakakura dzinorimwa dzakatenderedzwa kumativi ese emutsetse we equatorial ichifarira kugadzirwa kwegore rose.

Kuedza kwedu kwehumiriri muUK kunotungamirwa negwara rakajeka rinoisa pamberi pezvematongerwo enyika, hupfumi, tsika, uye veruzhinji diplomacy. Embassy yedu yakazvipira kuwedzera kutengeserana nekudyara pakati penyika dzedu mbiri, kusimudzira tsika dzeCongo muUK, uye kufambisa kudyidzana pakati pemayunivhesiti edu nemasangano ekutsvagisa. Isu tinobatana zvakare neCongo diaspora muUK, nharaunda ine simba inobatsira kurudzi rwedu nenyika yairi kugamuchira. 

DRC ine zvakawanda zvinopa, uye tichitarisa kune ramangwana, chinangwa chedu ndechekuvaka kudyidzana kunoratidza zvishuwo zvevanhu vekuCongo. Hatitsvage chete kuisa mari asiwo kubatana munzvimbo dzakaita sedzidzo, hutano, uye tsvakiridzo yesainzi. Isu tinotenda kuti nekushanda pamwe chete, tinogona kugadzira ramangwana iro runyararo nebudiriro zviri zviratidzo zvehukama hwenyika yedu neEurope Kuti izvi zviitike, zvakakosha kuti Europe neUK vafunge kushandura rubatsiro rwekusimudzira kuita mari sezvo iyo yekupedzisira inobatsira kusikwa kwemabasa uye kubudirira kwehupfumi. Kudyara mumubatanidzwa-mabhindauko emuno kwaizobatsira kugadzira kufambisa ruzivo rwetekinoroji uye kuvhura musika wemukati weEU/UK uku uchiwana mukana wekugovera cheni.

Ichi chinhanho chitsva cheDRC. Nenhoroondo yedu yakagovaniswa senheyo, mikana yekukura nekudyidzana neUK yakakura. Inguva ikozvino yekuti UK neDRC vatore danho idzva uye kushanda pamwechete kune ramangwana rakajeka, rakabudirira revanhu vedu vese.

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