The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a country in Central Africa bordered to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean. By area, the DRC is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. The country is bordered by the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), Zambia, Angola, and the Cabinda exclave of Angola.
Centered on the Congo Basin, the territory of the DRC was first inhabited by Central African foragers around 90,000 years ago and was reached by the Bantu expansion about 3,000 years ago. In the west, the Kingdom of Kongo ruled around the mouth of the Congo River from the 14th to 19th centuries. In the northeast, center and east, the kingdoms of Azande, Luba, and Lunda ruled from the 16th and 17th centuries to the 19th century. King Leopold II of Belgium formally acquired rights to the Congo territory in 1885 and declared the land his private property, naming it the Congo Free State. From 1885 to 1908, his colonial military forced the local population to produce rubber and committed widespread atrocities. In 1908, Leopold ceded the territory, which thus became a Belgian colony.
Congo achieved independence from Belgium on 30 June 1960 and was immediately confronted by a series of secessionist movements, which culminated in the seizure of power by Mobutu Sese Seko in a 1965 coup d'état. Mobutu renamed the country Zaire in 1971 and imposed a harsh personalist dictatorship until his overthrow in 1997 by the First Congo War. The country then had its name changed back and was confronted by the Second Congo War from 1998 to 2003, which resulted in the deaths of 5.4 million people. The war ended under President Joseph Kabila who governed the country from 2001 to 2019, under whom human rights in the country remained poor and included frequent abuses such as forced disappearances, torture, arbitrary imprisonment and restrictions on civil liberties. Following the 2018 general election, in the country's first peaceful transition of power since independence, Kabila was succeeded as president by Félix Tshisekedi, who has served as president since. Since 2015, the Eastern DR Congo has been the site of an ongoing military conflict in Kivu.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is extremely rich in natural resources but has suffered from political instability, a lack of infrastructure, corruption, and centuries of both commercial and colonial extraction and exploitation, followed by more than 60 years of independence, with little widespread development. Besides the capital Kinshasa, the two next largest cities, Lubumbashi and Mbuji-Mayi, are both mining communities. The DRC's largest export is raw minerals, with China accepting over 50% of its exports in 2019. In 2021, DR Congo's level of human development was ranked 179th out of 191 countries by the Human Development Index. As of 2018, following two decades of various civil wars and continued internal conflicts, around 600,000 Congolese refugees were still living in neighbouring countries. Two million children risk starvation, and the fighting has displaced 4.5 million people. The country is a member of the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, African Union, COMESA, Southern African Development Community, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, and the Economic Community of Central African States.
Kwa Maoni yangu GENTAMYCINE ( Rais wa Wapenzi wote wa Bendi ya Wenge Musica BCBG JamiiForums nzima ) japo niliumia sana kwa Bendi hii Kuvunjika na kila Mtu Kuunda Wenge Musica yake yaani JB Mpiana akibakia na Wenge BCBG, Werrason akibakia na Wenge Musica Maison Mere, Adolphe Dominguez akibakia...
Na kuna mahala nimemuona Mtetemaji wa Kihistoria kamuomba Mwalimu amuanzishe ili amalize Kazi mapema kwani anamjua vyema Aishi na Beno.
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Leo Jumatano 24.01.2024.
Tanzania (Taifa Stars) Tunatupa karata yetu ya tatu katika Mashindano haya ya AFCON 2024 kumenyana na Timu ya Taifa ya DR congo mechi ni saa 5 usiku mungu ibariki Tanzania
Kikosi cha Tanzania
Kikosi cha DR Congo fiston mayele kaanza leo
Mpira Umeanza...
Tanzania...
Zambia: Kama kuna timu ambayo tunaenda kuokota points za bure ni ya Tanzania ila kwa Morocco tutajitahidi tupate angalau sare au suluhu kisha huko mbele tutajua nani ataenda.
Congo DR: Morocco tukijitafuta tuna uwezo wa kuwafunga au basi tukiwashinda tutatafuta sare au suluhu ila kwa Tanzania...
Ni michuano ya 34 ya Mataifa huru ya Afrika ambayo itafanyika Ivory Coast kuanzia January 13 mpaka February 11 ya 2024.
Itashirikisha timu 24 ikiwemo sisi Tanzania. Michuano hiyo itafanyika katika majiji matano huku viwanja sita vitatumika katika michuano hiyo.
Hii ni mara ya pili kwa Ivory...
Yaani Morocco ina mastaa wake wa maana huku Zambia ina akina Chama na Musonda na kule Congo DRC kuna akina Inonga na Mayele halafu nipoteze muda wangu kuishabikia CCM au serikali Taifa Stars?
Kila la kheri Morocco, Zambia na Congo DRC pale tu wakiwa wanacheza na Taifa Stars.
50% wawe ni Wanajeshi wa Rwanda
40% wawe ni Wanajeshi wa Uganda
4% wawe ni Wanajeshi wa Kenya
3% wawe ni Wanajeshi wa Tanzania
1.5% wawe ni Wanajeshi wa Burundi
1% wawe ni Wanajeshi wa Congo DR
0.5% wawe ni Wanajeshi wa Sudan Kusini
Liwe hivi hivi kama ambavyo GENTAMYCINE nimepanga kwani...
KINSHASA, Sept 13 (Reuters) - A high court in Democratic Republic of Congo has sentenced presidential candidate Jean-Marc Kabund to seven years in prison on 12 charges including spreading false rumours and insulting the head of state, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
Kabund was a former vice...
Kocha wa Timu ya Taifa ya Congo DR simwelewi yaani kamuita Beki aliyekuwa Majeruhi Henock Inonga wa Simba SC inayoshiriki Kombe jipya na lenye UTAJIRI mkubwa unaoshirikisha Vilabu Bora na Vikubwa la AFRICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE na kumuacha ( kutomuita ) Kiungo Mshambuliaji Max Zengeli wa Yanga SC...
Hiki Kiherehere kipo sana tu na Maeneo mengine labda alichofanya huyu Mwanajeshi kitakuwa Funzo Kwenu.
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A soldier in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo opened fire on family members and others who had buried his son before he could arrive home...
Mtangazaji wa Michezo wa Redio Kubwa na inayokubalika nchini Congo DR ya ( iitwayo ) Top Congo FM Mwanadada Sylivia Meya kasema Mayele akiuzwa Kokote kule Yanga SC waliopewa kwa Mkopo wataambulia 30% tu na Tajiri anayemmiliki Mayele na Wachezaji wengine 24 wa Congo DR atachukua 70% yake.
Chanzo...
Kwa yoyote anayekutana na Miziki ya Sebene na Rhumba (ya zamani na mipya) awe anatuwekea hapa ili Wadau Wengine tujue na tuifuatilie na hata tuwe nayo?
Kama kuna Kitu GENTAMYCINE nakipenda na huwa Kinanifariji na kunifanya nijione sina Shida za Kimaisha wakati ninazo kuanzia Dar es Salaam hadi...
Najua mnae wa Kucheza Mechi zenu za Ndani tu ( NBC Premier League ) kutoka Kilosa Morogoro na mnae yule wa Kucheza Mechi zenu za Kimataifa tu atokaye Uvinza Mkoani Kigoma ila kwa kupenda Kwenu Ushirikina mlivyoenda Congo DR kucheza na TP Mazembe FC Wachezaji wenu Mayele na Moloko...
Taarifa za ndani nilizozipata kutoka Jikoni katika Klabu moja na hata kule Kwenyewe kabisa CAF ni kwamba kama kuna Refa ( Mwamuzi ) ambaye atachunguzwa mno Maamuzi yake Kiuchezeshaji Siku hiyo basi ni huyu kutoka Congo DR.
Na Watu fulani wasivyo na Siri mpaka akina MINOCYCLINE tunapata Taarifa...
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Mapema mwishoni mwa mwaka 2022 na mwanzoni mwa mwaka 2023 Rais wa Rwanda Paul GENTAMYCINE Kagame na Rwanda yake...
Moise Katumbi ameshauria Serikali ya Congo kuwa waachane na ile imani ambayo Ubelgiji walituachia kuwa uchumi wa nchi yetu utapatikana na dhahabu tu. Waangalie katika ukulima na uvuvi pia.
Yaani ameshauri Serikali ya Congo kufungua bank ya kukopesha wakulima pesa ili Congo tuanze kuzalisha...
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