Conflict continued in the Congo following the 1997 civil war that brought Laurent Kabila to power. The many different ethnic groups in Congo and the large refugee population led to general unrest and periodic brutality. A large number of countries...

Democratic Republic of the Congo POPULATION 55,225,478ROMAN CATHOLIC 43 percentPROTESTANT 22 percentINDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN (INCLUDING KIMBANGUIST CHURCH) 30 percentMUSLIM 1.5 percentTRADITIONAL 3.5 percent Country Overview Introduction The Democratic...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, or Congo-Kinshasa, is the third largest country in Africa. Its immense mineral wealth and plentiful natural resources have made it the prize of kings and dictators. President Laurent Kabila, who came to power in a...

Joseph KabilaPresident (pronounced "JOE-seff ka-BEE-la") "We need to have peace in the Congo. The priority is that the forces that invaded the Congo leave the Congo." The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly...

Congo, Democratic Republic of (Zaire) The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) originally emerged on February 23, 1885, three days before the end of the Berlin Conference, as the International Association of Congo. The country was renamed the Congo Free...

country located in central Africa. It has a short 25-mile (40-kilometre) coastline on the Atlantic Ocean but is otherwise landlocked. It is the third largest country on the continent; only The Sudan and Algeria are larger. The capital, Kinshasa, is...

Country, central Africa. Area: 905,354 sq mi (2,344,858 sq km). Population (2005 est.): 57,549,000. Capital: Kinshasa. Bantu speakers, including the Mongo, Kongo, and Luba, form a majority of the country's population; among non-Bantu speakers are...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République démocratique du Congo), also often referred to as DR Congo, DRC, RDC or formerly as Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, The Congo, Congo-Leopoldville, Congo-Kinshasa, and Zaire (or Zaïre in...