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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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African Cup of Nations roll of honour

This is Money 19 Jun 2019

Congo-Kinshasa and Zaire now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo (Compiled by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Ken Ferris)....

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Kinshasa: Commuting hell in DR Congo's capital

This is Money 19 Jun 2019

But daily travel in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), may well have the best claim on World's Worst Commuter Nightmare ... Democratic Republic of Congo ... President Felix Tshisekedi has floated development plans to widen vital bridges spanning the Congo River, but ......

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Tuesday’s Daily Brief: Combating hate speech, DR Congo, antimicrobial resistance, peacekeeping, #ActNow for our planet

BitRSS 19 Jun 2019

This Tuesday, top stories include. the UN’s war on hate speech; a surge in ethnic violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the ‘invisible pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance; UN peacekeeping Commanders’ meeting at the Security Council; ... ....

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KPCS meeting to discuss conflict diamonds

The Times of India 19 Jun 2019

Civil groups have highlighted dangerous implications for international stability because of involvement of military officials in diamond mining or trading in Zimbabwe, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Venezuela ... Reyniers said some lessons can be learnt from the conflict diamond issues affecting Central African Republic (CAR)....

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Dead migrants

Dawn 19 Jun 2019

GURPREET Kaur was nearly seven years old. Her body was found in the Arizona desert on a day when it was 40 degrees Celsius ... At some point, two of the migrants got separated from another woman and the young girl ... Recently, a large group of African migrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Angola attempted to do so as well ... ....

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'My father, the rapist': Hidden victims of Rwanda's genocide

BBC News 19 Jun 2019

Exactly how many children were born as a result of rape during the 100-day massacre in 1994 is not known. Efforts are being made by the UN to end to conflict-related sexual violence - rape as a weapon of war was used from Syria to Colombia and from Democratic Republic of Congo to Myanmar last year ... "Now I wanted to die soon ... "I couldn't run away ... AFP ... ....

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Global Forecast-Celsius

Hastings Tribune 19 Jun 2019

————— ... (%);Wednesday's UV Index ... Athens, Greece;A p.m ... Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo;Mostly sunny, nice;31;20;Nice with sunshine;32;20;SW;9;60%;12%;8 ... Prague, Czech Republic;Partial sunshine;27;16;Clouds and sun, warm;30;17;SSE;7;39%;18%;6 ... Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic;Abundant sunshine;32;24;Mostly sunny, nice;31;24;ENE;12;70%;58%;12....

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Uganda Clears Experimental Ebola Treatments; Fears More Cases Arriving from Congo

Hamodia 18 Jun 2019

Health workers have got the all-clear to use experimental Ebola treatments in Uganda, a week after the deadly disease spread over the border from Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities said on Tuesday....

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More than 300 000 flee ethnic violence in Congo, complicating Ebola fight - UN

Independent online (SA) 18 Jun 2019

Geneva - More than 300 000 people have fled inter-ethnic violence in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo since early June, complicating the tracing and treatment of patients at risk from Ebola, UN aid agencies said on Tuesday....

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More than 300,000 flee Congo violence, complicating Ebola fight - UN

This is Money 18 Jun 2019

GENEVA, June 18 (Reuters) - More than 300,000 people have fled inter-ethnic violence in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo since early June, complicating the tracing and treatment of patients at risk from Ebola, U.N....

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More than 300,000 flee Congo violence, complicating Ebola fight: UN

Press TV 18 Jun 2019

More than 300,000 people have fled inter-ethnic violence in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo since early June, complicating the tracing and treatment of patients at risk from Ebola, U.N....

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‘Ethnic’ clashes in Congo kill over 160

The Japan News 18 Jun 2019

Reuters GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) — At least 161 people have been killed in a northeastern province of Democratic Republic of Congo in the past week, local officials said on Monday, in an apparent resurgence of ethnic clashes between farming and herding communities....

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As U.S. Sees Surge in Congolese Asylum Seekers at the Border, Hundreds of Thousands Have Fled Violence So Far This Month Alone

Newsweek 18 Jun 2019

sees a rise in the number of arrivals of asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hundreds of thousands of people have reportedly been forced to flee violence in the Central African country this month ... Hundreds of thousands of people have fled violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in recent weeks....