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text_A: The Democratic Republic of the Congo has gone by only one name.
text_B: The Democratic Republic of the Congo -LRB- -LSB- ˈkɒŋɡəʊ -RSB- -LSB- kɔɡo -RSB- ; Republique democratique du Congo -RRB- , also known as DR Congo , DRC , DROC , Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo , is a country located in Central Africa .. Republic of the Congo. Republic of the Congo. Kinshasa. Kinshasa. country. country. Central Africa. Central Africa. The DRC borders the Central African Republic and South Sudan to the north ; Uganda , Rwanda , Burundi and Tanzania to the east ; Zambia and Angola to the south ; the Republic of the Congo to the west and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest .. Republic of the Congo. Republic of the Congo. Central African Republic. Central African Republic. South Sudan. South Sudan. Uganda. Uganda. Rwanda. Rwanda. Burundi. Burundi. Tanzania. Tanzania. Zambia. Zambia. Angola. Angola. Atlantic Ocean. Atlantic Ocean. It is the second-largest country in Africa by area and eleventh largest in the world .. country. country. second-largest country in Africa by area and eleventh largest in the world. List of sovereign states and dependencies by area. With a population of over 80 million , the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populated officially Francophone country , the fourth most-populated nation in Africa and the eighteenth most populated country in the world .. Republic of the Congo. Republic of the Congo. country. country. officially Francophone country. List of countries where French is an official language. eighteenth most populated country in the world. List of countries by population. The territory of the DR Congo was first settled by humans around 90,000 years ago .. Bantu peoples began migrating into the region in the 5th century and again in the 10th century .. Bantu peoples. Bantu peoples. In the West of the region the Kingdom of Kongo ruled from the 14th to 19th centuries , while in the centre and East of the region the kingdoms of Luba and Lunda ruled from the 16th and 17th centuries to the 19th century .. Kingdom of Kongo. Kingdom of Kongo. Luba. Kingdom of Luba. Lunda. Kingdom of Lunda. In the 1870s , before the onset of the Scramble for Africa , European exploration of the Congo was carried out , first led by Sir Henry Morton Stanley under the sponsorship of King Leopold II of Belgium .. Belgium. Belgium. Scramble for Africa. Scramble for Africa. Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Sir Henry Morton Stanley. King Leopold II of Belgium. King Leopold II of Belgium. Leopold formally acquired rights to the Congo territory at the Conference of Berlin in 1885 and made the land his private property .. Conference of Berlin. Conference of Berlin. He named it the Congo Free State .. Congo Free State. Congo Free State. During the Free State the colonial military unit , the Force Publique , forced the local population into producing rubber , and from 1885 to 1908 millions of Congolese died as a consequence of disease and exploitation .. colonial. Colonialism. Force Publique. Force Publique. rubber. rubber. In 1908 Belgium , despite initial reluctance , formally annexed the Free State from Leopold , which became the Belgian Congo .. Belgian Congo. Belgian Congo. Belgium. Belgium. The Belgian Congo achieved independence on 30 June 1960 under the name Republic of the Congo -LRB- Leopoldville -RRB- .. Republic of the Congo. Republic of the Congo. Belgian Congo. Belgian Congo. Congolese nationalist Patrice Lumumba was elected the first Prime Minister , while Joseph Kasa-Vubu became the first President .. President. President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Prime Minister. Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Congolese nationalist. Congolese nationalism ( Democratic Republic of the Congo ). Patrice Lumumba. Patrice Lumumba. elected. Belgian Congo general election, 1960. Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Conflict arose over the administration of the territory which became known as the Congo Crisis .. Congo Crisis. Congo Crisis. The provinces of Katanga , under Moise Tshombe , and South Kasai attempted to secede from the Congo .. provinces. Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Katanga. State of Katanga. Moise Tshombe. Moise Tshombe. South Kasai. South Kasai. On 5 September 1960 , Kasa-Vubu dismissed Lumumba from office , encouraged by the United States and Belgium after Lumumba turned to the Soviet Union for assistance in the crisis .. Belgium. Belgium. Soviet Union. Soviet Union. On 14 September , with U.S. and Belgian support , Lumumba was arrested by forces loyal to Army Chief of Staff Joseph-Desire Mobutu , who had gained de facto control over the country through a coup d'etat the same day , and on 17 January 1961 Lumumba was handed over to Katangan authorities and executed by Belgian-led Katangese troops .. country. country. Joseph-Desire Mobutu. Joseph-Desire Mobutu. de facto. de facto. coup d'etat. Congo Crisis#Central government split and first Mobutu coup. In 1965 Joseph-Desire Mobutu , who later renamed himself Mobutu Sese Seko , officially came into power through a second coup .. Joseph-Desire Mobutu. Joseph-Desire Mobutu. second coup. Congo Crisis#Second Mobutu coup d'etat. In 1971 he renamed the country Zaire .. country. country. Zaire. Zaire. The country was run as a one-party state with his Popular Movement of the Revolution as the sole legal party .. country. country. Popular Movement of the Revolution. Popular Movement of the Revolution. Mobutu 's government received considerable support from the United States for its anti-communist stance during the Cold War .. Cold War. Cold War. By the early 1990s Mobutu 's government began to weaken .. Disenfranchisement of the eastern Congolese Tutsi population led to a 1996 invasion led by Tutsi-ruled Rwanda , which began the First Congo War .. Rwanda. Rwanda. Congolese Tutsi. Banyamulenge. Tutsi. Tutsi. First Congo War. First Congo War. On 17 May 1997 Laurent-Desire Kabila , a leader of Tutsi forces from the province of South Kivu , became President , bringing about the end of Mobutu 's 32-year rule .. President. President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tutsi. Tutsi. Laurent-Desire Kabila. Laurent-Desire Kabila. South Kivu. South Kivu. Tensions between President Kabila and the Rwandan and Tutsi presence in the country led to the Second Congo War from 1998 to 2003 .. President. President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. country. country. Tutsi. Tutsi. Second Congo War. Second Congo War. Ultimately , nine African countries and around twenty armed groups became involved in the war , which resulted in the deaths of 5.4 million people .. The two wars together devastated the country .. country. country. President Laurent-Desire Kabila was assassinated by one of his bodyguards on 16 January 2001 and was succeeded eight days later as President by his son Joseph Kabila .. President. President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Joseph Kabila. Joseph Kabila. Laurent-Desire Kabila. Laurent-Desire Kabila. The Democratic Republic of Congo is extremely rich in natural resources but has had political instability , a lack of infrastructure , issues with corruption and centuries of both commercial and colonial extraction and exploitation with little holistic development .. colonial. Colonialism. political instability. Fragile state. Besides the capital Kinshasa , the two next largest cities Lubumbashi and Mbuji-Mayi are both mining communities .. Kinshasa. Kinshasa. Lubumbashi. Lubumbashi. Mbuji-Mayi. Mbuji-Mayi. DR Congo 's largest export is raw minerals , with China accepting over 50 % of DRC 's exports in 2012 .. , according to the Human Development Index -LRB- HDI -RRB- , DR Congo 's level of human development ranks 176 out of 187 countries .. Human Development Index. Human Development Index
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