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.
A peacekeeper was killed and another injured when a UN helicopter was attacked in the DemocraticRepublic of Congo on Sunday, the UN force known as MONUSCO confirmed ...Last October, a Pakistani peacekeeper was killed in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in an attack by local militia on a peacekeepers' camp.
GOMA, DemocraticRepublic of CongoFeb 5 (Reuters) - One U.N. peacekeeper from South Africa was killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday when a helicopter operated by the peacekeeping force came under fire while in mid-air, the U.N. mission in Congo and South Africa's military said.
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"The Secretary-General reaffirms that the United Nations, through his Special Representative in the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo, will continue to support the Congolese Government and people", the statement continued, "in their efforts to bring about peace and stability in the east of the country.".
A United Nations peacekeeper has been killed in the eastern DemocraticRepublic of the Congo (DRC) when a helicopter operated by the peacekeeping force came under fire midair on Sunday, the UN mission called MONUSCO said ... .
The Rwanda-backed M23 armed group has committed summary executions and forced recruitment of civilians in eastern DemocraticRepublic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said today ... “Rwanda-backed M23 rebels in North Kivu are leaving behind a growing trail of war crimes against civilians,” said ThomasFessy, senior Congo researcher at Human Rights Watch.
How is this to be done? ... The law reform processes on which Tanzania, Zambia and the DemocraticRepublic of the Congo embarked in 2017 and 2018 provide an even starker example, as their governments introduced sweeping legislative changes to their mineral law regimes that seriously affected the viability of existing and planned mining projects ... .