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.
government has sanctioned three rebel leaders accused of fomenting political instability, conflicts and civilian displacement in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo.
According to a UN report, some 3,000 to 4,000 Rwandan troops have been stationed in the neighbouring DemocraticRepublic of Congo, aiding an insurgency led by the Tutsi-dominated M23 (Mouvement du 23 Mars) rebel group.
... his poor health, Paul Biya, who has ruled the country since 1982, is not willing to step down; just as it is in Republic of the Congo, where Denis Sassou Nguesso has held on to power for 38 years.
(LifeSiteNews) — In the extremely poor community in the South-Kivu province of the DemocraticRepublic of Congo, residents have difficulty accessing even the most basic necessities ...HelpSisters educate desperately poor children in the Congo.
... for acts that constitute serious human rights violations and abuses in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo (DRC), and for sustaining the armed conflict, instability and insecurity in the Eastern DRC.