The region was dominated by Bantu-speaking tribes, who built trade links leading into the Congo River basin. Congo-Brazzaville was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. Upon independence in 1960, the former colony of French Congo became the Republic of the Congo. The People's Republic of the Congo was a Marxist–Leninist one-party state from 1970 to 1991. Multi-party elections have been held since 1992, although a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War and President Denis Sassou Nguesso has ruled for 26 of the past 36 years.
Editor's note ... this week ... U.S ... The report finds conflicts in Sudan, the DemocraticRepublic of Congo and Palestinian territories accounted for nearly two-thirds of new displacements because of violence, which in total spanned 66 countries in 2023 ... .
This is a remarkable feat, according to the Bank’s country economist in Congo, particularly considering the sub-river section for the Congo-Central AfricanRepublic connection via the Sangha River.
In the DemocraticRepublic of Congo, families gathered Wednesday to bury nearly two dozen children who were killed earlier this month after rocket attacks on camps for displaced people near the city of Goma... Democratic Republic of the CongoRwanda.
Goma, DR Congo - Reputed to be the coltan capital of the world, the mining town of Rubaya, in the eastern DemocraticRepublic of Congo, has fallen into the hands of rebels.
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on May 17. ... 1997 – Laurent Kabila said he had taken power as head of state in Zaire... Kabila also renamed the country the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo ... state to allow same-sex marriage.
Following are some of the major events to have occurred on May 17. ... 1997 – Laurent Kabila said he had taken power as head of state in Zaire... Kabila also renamed the country the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo ... state to allow same-sex marriage.