DRCONGO-FRANCE-BELGIUM-HISTORY-KOLWEZI

This April 26, 2018 general view shows the mining site of Kamoa Kakula, exploited by Kamoa Holding (Ivanhoe Mines, Zijin Mining Group, together with the DRC government), in Kamoa, 25km from Kolwezi. - The mining site is one of the largest unexploited copper field in the world, and stands on the site of the battles for Kolwezi, in May 1978 during the second Shaba War where French and Belgian paratroopers fought agains the Katanga rebels. On May 19, 1978, French soldiers parachuted into the Democratic Republic of Congo town of Kolwezi to rescue hundreds of Europeans held by rebels who had already massacred several. (Photo by CAROLINE THIRION / AFP) (Photo credit should read CAROLINE THIRION/AFP via Getty Images)