Answer:
The French had difficulties building the canal because of the difficulty to build a canal at sea level, financially and diseases. 22,000 workers died of yellow fever and Malaria during the French effort to build a canal.
Explanation:
The obstacles faced included rugged mountains to cross, hot rainy tropical jungle, flooding rivers and Malaria and yellow fever.
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From the brutal exploitation of the Congo. It was in par with Hitlers and Stalins atrocities, but while Hitler and Stalin followed their ideology, Leoplod's was purely driven by greed. Over 10 million Congolese perished during Leopld
terror explotis where not only Africans died but also missionaries from various European countries.
