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.
Lamola said that currently, the two most worrying conflicts which have led to devastating humanitarian crises are in the eastern DemocraticRepublic of Congo and Sudan.
Inadequate infrastructure, a lack of finance, and weak governance are often to blame ... EG ... EG ... So, we look forward to the operationalization of the Lobito corridor (a railway project that links link Angola, Zambia, and the DemocraticRepublic of Congo) ... .
RwandanForeign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe said on Saturday his Congolese counterpart had refused to sign an agreed deal to help resolve the M23 rebel conflict in eastern DemocraticRepublic of Congo that has displaced over 1.7 million people.
GOMA, DR Congo, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The DemocraticRepublic of the Congo (DRC) launched on Saturday a vaccination campaign against mpox in Goma, the capital of the eastern North Kivu province.
Authorities in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo (DRC) have begun vaccination against mpox, nearly two months after the disease outbreak that spread to several countries was declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization.
Kinshasa. Authorities in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo (DRC) said Saturday they had begun a vaccination campaign against mpox — a virus that causes ....