The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo, and formerly named Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest
Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected prime minister of Congo-Léopoldville, was murdered by Belgian-supported Katangan separatists in 1961.
Mobutu Sese Seko and Richard Nixon in Washington, D.C., 1973
Mobutu with the Dutch Prince Bernhard in Kinshasa in 1973
Refugees in the Congo
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The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply Congo, is a country located on the western coast of Central Africa to the west of the Congo River. It is border
Democratic Republic of the Congo
…indigenous languages, of which Lingala is the most widely spoken. The capital, largest city, and economic center is Kinshasa. The DRC is bordered by the Republic of the Congo, the Cabinda exclave of Angola, and the South Atlantic Ocean to the west; the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda…
A pro-constitutional reform rally in Brazzaville during October 2015. The constitution's reforms were subsequently approved in a disputed election that saw demonstrations and violence.
Congo's President Denis Sassou Nguesso with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, on 9 May 2025
Women learning to sew, Brazzaville
School children in the classroom, Republic of the Congo