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.
Party season. Unusually, the Conservatives are holding their party conference before the Labour party. It has become tradition that the Lib Dems hold theirs one week, Labour the next and the Conservatives the week after that, with the latter concluding in the first week of October ...DemocraticRepublic of Congo <0.1 ... Central African Republic <0.1.
27 (Xinhua) -- "The Republic of the Congo and China are good friends, good partners, and good brothers," Congolese PresidentDenis Sassou Nguesso said on Wednesday, pledging to elevate their comprehensive strategic and cooperative partnership to a higher level.
... published on Tuesday that serious deficiencies in the internal organisation of Gunvor International's Geneva branch made it possible to bribe officials in the Republic of Congo and Ivory Coast.
By enhancing tropical agriculture under South-South cooperation, China's experience promises to be a win-win for global food security. Tropical regions are home to about 40 percent of the world's population ... The Republic of Congo is one of the world's largest producers of cassava, with 98 percent of farmers engaged in cassava cultivation ... .
The English-speaking Central American nation of Belize also expressed a similar sentiment during a meeting hosted by U.S ... Kagame has faced mounting criticism over accusations that democracy is backsliding in his African nation due to his support for rebels in neighboring DemocraticRepublic of Congo, treatment of journalists and arrests of critics.
It was when the two men were in exile during the apartheid years that they developed what Mbeki described as “a deep and abiding sense of comradeship” ... His family moved to Johannesburg when he was five ... In Africa, he played an active role in bringing about peace between warring factions in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo, Burundi and Angola.