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  Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (French: République Démocratique du Congo), also referred to as DRC, DR Congo, Congo and Congo-Kinshasa, and formerly Zaire (or Zaïre in French), is a nation in Central Africa and the third largest country on the continent.
The Congo territory was acquired formally by Leopold at the Conference of Berlin in 1885.
The Congo is situated at the heart of the west-central portion of sub-Saharan Africa and is bounded by (Clockwise from the west) Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika, and Zambia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo   (4466 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Democratic Republic of the Congo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) is a nation in central Africa and the third largest country on the continent.
It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania on the east, Zambia and Angola on the south, and the Republic of the Congo on the west.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo   (4755 words)

  
 NationMaster - Flags of Congo, Democratic Republic of the (21 in total)
Democratic Republic of Congo - Coat of Arms Coat of arms of DR Congo 1997 - 1999
Democratic Republic of Congo - Coat of Arms Coat of arms of DR Congo 1999 -
South Kasai (Democratic Republic of Congo) Description of the flag
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 Democratic Republic of the Congo - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo — also referred to as DRC, DRC Congo, DR Congo, Congo and Congo-Kinshasa — (formerly Zaire) is a nation in central Africa and the third largest country on the continent.
According to the Human Rights Watch, the east is a human rights disaster area with, "soldiers of the national army and combatants of armed groups continu(ing) to target civilians, killing, raping, and otherwise injuring them, carrying out arbitrary arrests and torture, and destroying or pillaging their property.
The hunting has also been facilitated by the extensive logging prevelant throughout the Congo's rainforests (from corporate logging, in addition to farmers clearing out forest in order to create areas for agriculture), which allows hunters much easier access to previously unreachable jungle terrain, while simultaneously eroding away at the habitats of animals [7].
www.voyager.in /Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo   (4473 words)

  
 Top20Zambia.com - Your Top20 Guide to Zambia!
It borders the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania on the north-east, Malawi on the east, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia to the south, and Angola on the west.
These later migrants came primarily from the Luba and Lunda tribes of southern Democratic Republic of Congo and northern Angola but were joined in the 19th century by Ngoni peoples from the south.
On 31 December 1963, the federation was dissolved, and Northern Rhodesia became the Republic of Zambia on 24 October 1964.
www.top20zambia.com   (3231 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Flag description
three equal vertical bands of green (hoist side), white, and red; the coat of arms (an eagle perched on a cactus with a snake in its beak) is centered in the white band
blue, with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Montserratian coat of arms centered in the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms features a woman standing beside a yellow harp with her arm around a fl cross
blue with the flag of the UK in the upper hoist-side quadrant and the Pitcairn Islander coat of arms centered on the outer half of the flag; the coat of arms is yellow, green, and light blue with a shield featuring a yellow anchor
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