Pedzisa mashoko anotevera: Nguva pfupi kusati kwawana kuzvitonga kwakaitika chimwe chinhu chaizopesvedzera zvikuru nyika iyi uye ukama hwayo nenyika yokunze, zvikurukuru neFrance, mumakore aizouya. Kunyange zvazvo nyanzvi dzezvokuchera matongo dzokuFrance dzakanga dzatova nechokwadi muna 1926 nezvokuvapo kwemafuta negasi munyika yacho, muna 1957 pedyo nePointe Indienne French Societé des Pétroles de l'Afrique Equatoriale Françaises (SPAEF) yakawana mafuta negasi zviri mumakungwa zviri mumwero wakakwana wokuchera. Ipapo bedzi ndipo apo France yakatanga kushandisa zvinhu izvi. Chikonzero chacho chaiva chokuti muAlgeria
hondo yerusununguko yakarwiwa, uye vaFrench vakanga vachirasikirwa. Kusvikira panguva iyoyo Algeria ndiyo yaiva tsime guru remafuta negasi zvaiendeswa kumusika weFrance. Kuti irambe yakazvimiririra kumakambani makuru emafuta eAmerica neBritain France yaifanira kutsvaka kumwe kupi nokupi nokuda kwezvinhu zvayo. Nokuda kwavamwe kuwanwa kwemafuta pamhenderekedzo yeCongo kwakanga kuri chikomborero. Nokuda kwavazhinji vavagari vomunzvimbomo kwakaratidzika kuva kutukwa sezvakacherechedzwa nenzira inosuruvarisa neInternational Monetary Fund mumishumo yayo yegore negore pamusoro penyika makore mashomanene apfuura. Pakazosvika makore ekuma1970, mafuta ndiyo yainyanya kutengeswa neCongo kunze kwenyika, asi kuchinja kwemitengo yemisika yepasi rose pamwe chete nemafungiro eCongo ekuvimba nekufungidzira kwakanaka kwemari yemberi yezvinangwa zvematongerwo enyika zvekuchengetedza hurumende yakakura uye hurumende isingabatsiri, nguva dzose yakakonzera kusaenzana kwakakomba kwemari. Kukura kwechikamu chacho kwakakanganiswa nesangano renyika rakasimba rezvemabhizimisi, kusagadzikana kwezvematongerwe enyika, pamwe chete nemari yekushandisa munyika ine hurongwa hwakanaka hwekufambisa.