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.
(ICTSI) acquired four new hybrid rubber tired gantries (RTGs) to level up the efficiency and productivity of its subsidiary, MatadiGatewayTerminal (MGT), in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo... Township of Matadi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, intended for port use.
Ten people from the DemocraticRepublic of Congo have been killed in an army attack on a university campus in Sudan, the Congolese government says ...People in the video, including a distressed woman who says her husband died in the attack, speak a mixture of Arabic and Lingala, the language spoken mainly in the west of DR Congo.
KINSHASA, June 5 (Xinhua) -- The government of the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo (DRC) expressed late Monday satisfaction with the progress made during the recent state visit of PresidentFelix Tshisekedi to China in late May ... We, therefore, have a major partner," he said. ■ ... News ... DR Congo commends progress made during president's visit to China. .
Refugees from DemocraticRepublic of the Congo among those killed following attack. Refugees have previously told The Irish Times they feel they have been left without proper assistance since fighting erupted. Photograph. AP/PA. SallyHayden. Tue Jun 6 2023 - 17.28 ... Some of the victims were from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), he said.
Roughly 70% of the cobalt mined globally is from the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo, where mining practices have been criticized for human rights violations including hazardous working conditions, child labor, and human trafficking ... of the Congo and then processed in China.
Khartoum -- The DemocraticRepublic of Congo's government says 10 of its citizens died after their university campus was "bombarded" in air strikes in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on Sunday ....