Does The Angolan model apply to Democratic Republic of Congo: SICOMINES Case

Africa's traditional partners are seeing their African allies turn to countries in the East-specifically China-to finance various development projects and programs in their countries. China's involvement in Africa worries these traditional partners, who view this partnership as a threat to the continent's development-which, in their view, must be based on respect for human rights and the promotion of good governance. Thus, aid to African countries is guided by these principles, and African states perceive this as interference in their internal affairs. China, on the other hand, has promised never to interfere in the internal political affairs of African countries. In the name of South-South solidarity and win-win partnerships, China offers to finance development projects with its own funds and asks only to exchange these loans for natural resources. These "infrastructure-for-natural-resources" contracts have demonstrated both advantages and limitations.