Its main exports are copper, diamonds, cobalt, oil and coffee. The country also has important deposits of other strategic minerals, of particular interest to the aerospace industries. Part of the surplus could be used to improve the country's dilapidated mining and processing equipment. The new regime should demand that the country's commercial partners and creditors confiscate the Mobutu clan's wealth and property abroad, and return these resources to the country's new authorities, as contributions to a national social development fund, under the supervision of the new authorities and popular groups. When dictators are overthrown, there is usually a need for massive literacy and vaccination projects, and the development of a basic health care system covering the whole country.
Congo is no exception.
At least 6.2 m. children do not go to school. Every year, about 350,000 children aged under five die. The country has one doctor for 14,300 inhabitants and one nurse for every 1,350. The state is still the main shareholder in the country's huge mining companies. This leading role should be preserved.