Republic of the Congo

Coordinates: 1°26′24″S 15°33′22″E / 1.44°S 15.556°E / -1.44; 15.556

The Republic of the Congo (French: République du Congo), also known as Congo, Congo Republic,West Congo, or Congo-Brazzaville, is a country located in Central Africa. It is bordered by five countries: Gabon to the west; Cameroon to the northwest; the Central African Republic to the northeast; the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the east and south; and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda to the southwest.

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.

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This Nov. 23, 2018, file photo shows Felix Tshisekedi of Congo's Union for Democracy and Social Progress opposition party, at a press conference in Nairobi, Kenya

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Congo opposition leader declares himself president as court upholds election result

Yahoo Daily News 21 Jan 2019

As Mr Tshisekedi's supporters celebrated the ruling in the streets of Democratic Republic of Congo's capital, runner-up Martin Fayulu said the decision had opened the way to a “constitutional coup d'etat”, raising fears of more violence ... of Congo,” he added in another statement....

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Congo presidential election: Runner-up calls for protests after court rejects vote challenge

Yahoo Daily News 21 Jan 2019

“I am now considering myself as the sole legitimate president of the Democratic Republic of Congo,” he added in another statement ... a fight for well-being, for a Congo that wins,” he said. “Tomorrow the Congo we ... Congo rejected that request on Friday....

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DRC prepares to install Felix Tshisekedi as president

Independent online (SA) 21 Jan 2019

Democratic Republic of Congo has a population of some 80 million and covers an area the size of western Europe ... Burundi and Tanzania, who are working with Kinshasa to fight rebels on their common border, sent congratulations, while Republic of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Zambia and Angola remained silent....

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Ebola heads for major city: Outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which has killed 419 people is moving towards a trading hub home to one million inhabitants

This is Money 21 Jan 2019

The deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is spreading towards a city home to one million people ... A total of 419 people have now died of Ebola, the Democratic Republic of Congo's health ministry tweeted yesterday. There have been 685 cases of the illness which began in August ... ....

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DR Congo President Has Officially Won, But Can he Govern?

Voa News 21 Jan 2019

By all official measures, Felix Tshisekedi has won the presidency of the Democratic Republic of Congo ... "If we look at all the years and all the drama in countries like Zimbabwe, in Chad, in Burundi, in the Republic of the Congo — governments who changed their constitutions, ......

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370 dead in Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Sify 21 Jan 2019

The death toll in the deadly Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic (DR) of Congo rose to a whopping 370, since the disease ravaged the Central African nation in July last year, the country's health ministry said on Monday....

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Tshisekedi declared Congo's president, but runner-up revolts

Yahoo Daily News 21 Jan 2019

"It is Congo that won," said Tshisekedi, speaking to his supporters after the court decision ... The continental body's stance is "the work of some mining lobbies seeking to destabilize the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to perpetuate the looting of this country," the party's secretary-general, Jean-Marc Kabund, said in a statement....

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Congo presidential inauguration postponed

Journal Review 21 Jan 2019

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Congo's government spokesman said that president-elect Felix Tshisekedi's inauguration has been postponed from Tuesday ... Democratic Republic Of The Congo Central Africa Africa Kinshasa....

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CAF CL: Sundowns beat Wydad as Mazembe lose in Algeria

Joy Online 21 Jan 2019

Also on Saturday, AS Vita Club of the Democratic Republic of Congo put on an emphatic display at home to dismiss Simba SC of Tanzania 5-0 in their second Group D match. And there was a big defeat for another DR Congo side, TP Mazembe, who went down 3-0 at CS Constantine in Algeria in Group C....

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Any Justice For The Children After The Brutal Murder Of Lumumba?

Modern Ghana 21 Jan 2019

The sons of the first prime minister of the former Republic of the Congo, Patrice Lumumba, blame the Belgian authorities, as well as a number of former and current officials, for their involvement in organizing the murder of their father in Ja ... ....

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China congratulates DRC's newly elected president

Xinhua 21 Jan 2019

BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- China Monday congratulated Felix Tshisekedi on his election as the new president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ... ....

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Zambian mayor welcomes Chinese investment in agricultural projects

Xinhua 21 Jan 2019

CHINGOLA, Zambia, Jan ... "Chingola has a good comparative advantage in Zambia," said the mayor to Xinhua. "Its location is a gateway to the Democratic Republic of Congo." ... ....

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SA Congratulates DRC's President-Elect

All Africa 21 Jan 2019

President Cyril Ramaphosa has congratulated the President-elect of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Felix Tshisekedi Tshilombo, following the ruling of the Constitutional Court which confirmed his victory .......