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.
The remains of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo’s first democratically-elected leader, Patrice Lumumba, were laid to rest in the country’s south on Thursday, 61 years after he was murdered in a coup backed by the United States and DR Congo’s former colonial ruler, Belgium....
KINSHASA, June 30 (Xinhua) -- The president of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo (DRC) on Thursday called for a national mobilization against the armed aggression by the rebels of the March 23 Movement (M23) ... ■. EXPLORE XINHUANET. News. In-depthSportsBusinessCultureWorldChina Regions ... DR Congo president calls for national mobilization against rebels.
A WORRYING SIGN... "The geographic spread of monkeypox to parts of Africa where cases have never been detected before is a worrying sign," said Moeti ... However, there are many suspected cases in the region, 81 percent of which are in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo (DRC), underlining the need for increased diagnostic capacity ... .
A worrying sign... "The geographic spread of monkeypox to parts of Africa where cases have never been detected before is a worrying sign," said Moeti ... However, there are many suspected cases in the region, 81 percent of which are in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo (DRC), underlining the need for increased diagnostic capacity ... .
Worldwide spending on the shift to low-carbon energy rose by 27% to $755bn in 2021, according to a new report from research group BloombergNEF ... New renewables capacity is expected to cover only about half the extra demand this year ... Meanwhile, 70% of the world’s cobalt comes from the DemocraticRepublic of Congo, where Glencore has a large operation.
The interment of Patrice Lumumba in a specially-built mausoleum will be marked by a speech by the president of Congo. KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The remains of ... This 1960 photo shows Patrice Lumumba, the independence leader of the DemocraticRepublic of Congo, during a press conference.
Attacks by the M23 or March 23 Movement, a primarily Congolese Tutsi militia, are causing large-scale displacements in the eastern DemocraticRepublic of Congo and tensions with neighboring Rwanda... “The M23 decided to fight the DR Congo government because it mistreats Tutsi people as if they are not Congolese,” he said.
UNITED NATIONS, June 29 (Reuters) - A Congolese woman was kidnapped twice by militants in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo, repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, a Congolese rights group told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday ... east of Congo.
official for the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo said Wednesday that the resurgent M23 rebel group in the country’s east is well-armed and equipped, posing a growing threat to civilians ...StabilizationMission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known as MONUSCO ... The M23 was defeated by Congo’s army (FARDC) and special MONUSCO forces in 2013.
A Congolese woman was kidnapped by militants in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo (DRC), repeatedly raped and forced to cook and eat human flesh, a Congolese rights group told the UN Security Council (UNSC) ... eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and for the wider region.