Congo - Kinshasa / Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Official Name: Democratic Republic of Congo

Also known as: DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa

Official languages: French

Area: 2, 345, 409 km2

Population: 71, 712, 867 (2011 estimate)

Geography

Region: Congo-Kinshasa is a country in Central Africa

Border Countries

Central African Republic 1,577 km
South Sudan638 km
Uganda 765 km
Rwanda 217 km
Burundi 233 km
Zambia 1,930 km
Angola 2,511 km
Angolan exclave of Cabinda
Atlantic Ocean 27 km

Government - Presidential republic

President – Joseph Kabila

Prime Minister- Augustin Matata Ponyo

Independence from Belgium – June 30 1960

Currency: Congolese franc (CDF)

Internet TLD: . cd

Calling code: +243

Links

BBC News - Democratic Republic of Congo country profile
Guardian -Democratic Republic of Congo News
Wikipedia -Democratic Republic of Congo

Videos

Al Jazeera English | Lord Resistance Army’s attacks in DR Congo | 3 April 2012

Al Jazeera English | The DRC army captures towns in enduring conflict - 06 Dec. 2007

After three days of heavy fighting, the army in the Democratic Republic of Congo says it has taken control of two key towns from rebels led by Laurent Nkunda. Heavy clashes around the town of Mushake in the country’s east have forced at least 20,000 people from their homes. Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege reports.

Al Jazeera English | Children of Conflict - Congo - Part 1 & 2 | 6 May 2007

Children of Conflict looks at the Democratic Republic of Congo where child soldiers have been used in fighting between tribes and many have had to carry the guilt of rape, murder and pillage.

Al Jazeera English | Congo: The Broken Heart of Africa - Part 1 & 2 | 4 Dec. 2006

Congo, despite being a country rich in gold and diamonds, has a poverty-stricken population. Al Jazeera’s John Cookson investigates the corruption, smuggling and poverty blighting the central African nation.

Sudan seventh worst country for sexual violence - report
Wednesday 27 March 2013
March 27, 2013 (LONDON) - Sudan is the seventh worst country in the world for sexual violence in conflict according to a report by global risk analysis firm, Maplecroft which rated neighbouring South Sudan as an "extreme high risk" (...)
Sudan is backing Joseph Kony’s LRA, says Uganda
Tuesday 1 May 2012
April 30, 2012 (LONDON) - The Sudanese government is providing support to the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) an insurgency that originated in northern Uganda but now operates in South Sudan, Central African Republic (CAR) and the (...)
LRA says Kony 2012 video an act of "deception and manipulation"
Monday 9 April 2012
By Julius N. Uma April 8, 2012 (JUBA) - Central African rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) has criticised an online viral video attempting to make its leader "famous" in a bid to galvanise the international community into (...)
Analysis: Armed groups should not be a law unto themselves*
Thursday 30 August 2012
Originally published on IRIN the humanitarian news and analysis a service of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Analysis: Armed groups should not be a law unto themselves* JOHANNESBURG, 15 August 2012 (IRIN) (...)
EU political advisor pledges support to W. Equatoria’s fight against LRA
Wednesday 21 September 2011
September 20, 2011 (KAMPALA) - The political adviser of European Union’s Special Representative to great Lakes Region, Philippe Maughan has met the governor of Western Equatoria to discuss EU plans to support civilian protection from (...)
Central Equatoria state Governor reshuffles cabinet
Tuesday 1 January 2013
December 31, 2012 (JUBA) The Governor of South Sudan’s Central Equatoria state, Clement Wani Konga on Saturday reshuffled his government, putting in place a 15-member cabinet. The impromptu move came at the end of the first-ever (...)
ICC prosecutor appoints new special gender adviser
Thursday 23 August 2012
August 22, 2012 (WASHINGTON) – The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda announced on Tuesday that she has picked a veteran advocate of women’s human rights to be her new special adviser on gender issues. (...)
SRSG Zerrougui calls for immediate transfer of Congolese warlord to ICC
Thursday 21 March 2013
March 19, 2013 (NEW YORK) - Bosco Ntaganda, the fugitive Congolese warlord responsible for grave child rights violations surrendered yesterday at the Embassy of the United States of America in Kigali, Rwanda, and requested his (...)
LRA Response to Kony 2012
Monday 9 April 2012
BEHIND THE “KONY 2012” FAÇADE: THE FEAR OF THE POLITICAL TRIUMPH OF NATIVE AND INDIGENOUS AFRICAN PEOPLE AND OTHER HIDDEN AND REAL REASONS FOR THE UNITED STATES’ LED “RAMBO” TYPE MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN CENTRAL AFRICAI History is a great (...)
UN allocates $158m for under-funded humanitarian crises
Saturday 11 August 2012
By Julius N. Uma August 10, 2012 (JUBA) The United Nations humanitarian chief on Thursday announced an allocation of US$55m from the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), to strengthen humanitarian operations in eight countries with (...)

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