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  Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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
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.
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 Demographics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Demographics of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Data of FAO, year 2005 ; Number of inhabitants in thousands.
The population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo was estimated at 46.7 million in 1997.
Society of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Demographics_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo   (659 words)

  
 Republic of the Congo - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Middle Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, and Congo (but not to be confused with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, which was also at one time known as the Republic of the Congo), is a former French colony of west-central Africa.
Its borders are Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Gulf of Guinea.
To the south and east it is bounded by the Congo River and its tributary the Ubangi River, across which is the larger Democratic Republic of the Congo.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Republic_of_the_Congo   (992 words)

  
 Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Middle Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, and Congo (but not to be confused with its larger neighbor to the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire), is a former French colony of west-central Africa.
Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo.
A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government installed in 1992.
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 Republic of the Congo - Gurupedia
Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, which was also at one time known as the Republic of the Congo), is a former French
To the south and east it is bounded by the Congo River and its tributary the
Gabon to the west, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the north, and Cabinda (Angola) to the southwest.
www.gurupedia.com /r/re/republic_of_the_congo.htm   (601 words)

  
 Democratic Republic of the Congo - Questionz.net , answers to all your questions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, between 1971 and 1999 called Zaire, is a nation in central Africa.
Economy Sparsely populated in relation to its area, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is home to a vast potential of natural resources and mineral wealth, yet the economy of the country has declined drastically since the mid-1980s.
Demographics The population was estimated at 46.7 million in 1997.
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 Learn more about Democratic Republic of the Congo in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo, called Zaire between 1971 and 1997, is a nation in central Africa.
The rape of the Congo Free State stands alone as the single most brutal and greedy episode of colonisation in modern history.
Since 1994, DR Congo has been rent by ethnic strife and civil war, touched off by a massive inflow of refugees from fighting in Rwanda and Burundi.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /d/de/democratic_republic_of_the_congo.html   (1139 words)

  
 Uganda article - Uganda Africa Lake Victoria Kenya Sudan Democratic Republic Congo Rwanda - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Republic of Uganda is a country in east central Africa.
It is bordered in the southeast by Lake Victoria, in the east by Kenya, in the north by Sudan, by the Democratic Republic of Congo in the west and Rwanda and Tanzania in the southwest.
Ongoing Ugandan involvement in the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, corruption within the government, and slippage in the government's determination to press reforms raise doubts about the continuation of strong growth.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Uganda   (779 words)

  
 Share and Discover Republic of Congo Bio, Pictures, News at BlinkBits.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, and Congo (but not to be confused with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly Zaire, which was also at one time known as the Republic of the Congo), is a former French colony of west-central Africa.
Its borders are Gabon, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola and the Gulf of Guinea.
Congo benefited from the postwar expansion of colonial administrative and infrastructural spending as a result of its central geographic location within AEF and the federal capital at Brazzaville.
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 Top20DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo.com - Your Top20 Guide to 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.
At its greatest extent, the empire reached from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Kwango River in the east, and from the Congo River in the north to the Loje River in the south.
Congo became independent on June 30, 1960, after almost a decade of political struggle; Belgium finally withdrew, fearing a war for independence similar to that in Algeria.
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 Share and Discover Democratic Republic of Congo Bio, Pictures, News at BlinkBits.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Democratic Republic of the Congo andmdash; also referred to as DRC, DR Congo, Congo and Congo-Kinshasa, and formerly Zaire andmdash; is a nation in central Africa and the third largest country on the continent.
The FP was an army, but its aim was not to defend the country, but to terrorise the local population The Force Publique made the practice of cutting off the limbs of the natives as a means of enforcing rubber quotas a matter of policy; this practice was disturbingly widespread.
The economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congoandmdash;a nation endowed with vast potential wealthandmdash;has declined drastically since the mid-1980s.
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 Since the partition of Africa during the mid 19th century, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been exploited of ...
Simply stated the Congo has zero access to the means necessary in which the severe social underdevelopment of the nation can be reversed.
The conflict in the Congo of rival rebel armies and divided territorial boundaries, which Rwandans, Ugandans, and Burundi armies surround, is fueled very much by the abundant supply of minerals, which dominate the region.
August 1964—The nation is renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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 Central African Republic -
It borders Chad in the north, Sudan on the east, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the south, and Cameroon on the west.
Much of the southern border is formed by tributaries of the Congo River, with the Mbomou River in the east merging with the Uele River to form the Ubangi River.
Angola · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Chad · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Equatorial Guinea · Gabon · Republic of the Congo · São Tomé and Príncipe
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 ipedia.com: Tanzania Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west,...
The United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania in Swahili) is a country on the east coast of central Africa.
It is bordered by Kenya and Uganda on the north, Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the west, and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique on the south.
www.ipedia.com /tanzania.html   (654 words)

  
 ReliefWeb » Map Filter »
Democratic Republic of the Congo - Affected Populations by Province - Refugees and IDP's (PDF, 97k)
Democratic Republic of Congo: Affected Population by Province, Refugees and Internally displaced (September 2001) (PDF, 181k)
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Affected Population by Province (JPG, 166k)
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/doc404?OpenForm&rc=1&cc=cod   (602 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Related Items - Congo, Democratic Republic of the
1998: Democratic Republic of the Congo Battles Rebellion
The keynote in Congo affairs during 1956 was the fundamental accord existing between the colony and the mother country.
This was affirmed the previous year with the visit of King Baudouin, the first Belgian monarch since 1928 to visit the dependency.
encarta.msn.com /related_761561261_15.2.1/1956_Belgian_Congo.html   (84 words)

  
 afrika.no - The Social Cost of Conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Crisis, Population, Environment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Most Congo observers would agree that there is a lot of political information available about the Congo and the Great Lakes region — very largely thanks to the internet — and also largely thanks to the very politically motivated Congolese who are working to move forward with the Inter-Congolese Dialogue.
While it is the presence of Rwandan troops in the Congo that creates the single largest obstacle to peace — there are approximately 40,000 fighters, the involvement of Congo's other neighbours, contributes to the complexity of this regional war.
Given the Congo’s immensity, it is not possible to present this type of data for the whole country, but this information provides a partial picture of what it is like living in sub-Saharan Africa’s second largest city.
www.afrika.no /Detailed/2673.html   (5282 words)

  
 TradePort Country Profiles from World Trade Press
Kingwana (a dialect of Kiswahili or Swahili), Kikongo, and Tshiluba are all spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Democratic Republic of Congo's overall adult literacy is around 77.3 percent.
Periodic droughts in south; Congo River floods (seasonal); in the east, in the Great Rift Valley, there are active volcanoes.
www.tradeport.org /countries/democraticrepublicofcongo/01grw.html   (592 words)

  
 GEsource World Guide - Democratic Republic of the Congo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Democratic Republic of the Congo has a population of 60.086 million (July 2005 estimate).
The population growth rate for Democratic Republic of the Congo is 2.98% (world growth rate at 2005 is 1.14%).
Note: on the graphs, world figures are represented by a red bar, figures for Democratic Republic of the Congo are illustrated with a green bar
www.gesource.ac.uk /worldguide/html/865_people.html   (202 words)

  
 Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo and the IMF -- Page 1 of 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo · Rwanda · Sao Tome and Principe · Sudan · Tanzania
Republic of the Congo is often referred as Congo-Brazzaville, to be differentiated from Democratic Republic of Congo known as Congo-Kinshasa (ie former
Much of the Congo is covered by dense grasslands, mangroves and forests.
sitestech.com /?q=congo   (226 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Rwanda
Rwanda is a country in central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Most have since returned, although some militias remain in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and have become involved in that country's civil war.
On the western slopes of this ridgeline, the land slopes abruptly toward Lake Kivu and the Ruzizi River valley, which form the western boundary with the Democratic Republic of the Congo and constitute part of the Great Rift Valley.
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Rwanda   (595 words)

  
 CDC - Outbreak of Human Monkeypox, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1996 to 1997
In February 1997, 88 cases of febrile pustular rash were identified for the previous 12 months in 12 villages of the Katako-Kombe Health Zone, Democratic Republic of Congo (attack rate = 22 per 1,000, case-fatality rate = 3.7%).
Animal antibody surveys in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC; former Zaire) suggested that squirrels play a major role as a reservoir of the virus and that humans are sporadically infected (3,5,6).
Patients (or their adult respondent) who agreed to participate were queried by using a standardized data collection instrument to obtain information on demographics, signs and symptoms of disease, exposures to wild animals, presence of a smallpox vaccination scar, and exposure to another patient.
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol7no3/hutin.htm   (3735 words)

  
 Activism: Helping the Women of the Congo
Everyday women of the Congo are brutally gang raped, tortured, and taken into sexual slavery.
Their husbands typically abandon them for fear of catching an STD or because they are overwhelmed with shame.
According to Women for Women International (an aid organization in the region) this is happening because of "a complex web of local, regional, and national conflict has devastated much of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC; formerly Zaire) for the past several years.
www.villagevineyard.org /activism/congo   (667 words)

  
 War Child Canada >>> Music Connections   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
A sudden and unexpected outbreak of violence between government soldiers and troops loyal to a renegade commander forced their much-publicized evacuation from the Congo, led by Canadian peacekeeper Chuck Pelletier, the namesake of the grateful band's most recent release.
Among the many effects of the Congo's long history of colonization, exploitation and violence are an unprecedented number of child soldiers and victims of gendered violence.
Speak out and join the chatroom with others about the Congo and other war-affected countries at No War Zone, a site for children and youth around the world to discuss and act on their ideas.
www.warchild.ca /rocked.asp   (600 words)

  
 21st Century Demographics: Highs and Lows by Joseph Chamie - The Globalist > > Global Development
While the future by definition remains uncertain, Joseph Chamie — former director of the UN Population Division — provides some insights into trends that will shape our world in the decades to come.
It is estimated that about one-third of the university graduates from Uganda, Tanzania and Kenya are currently living abroad.
In addition to playing an increasingly important demographic role in the 21st century, the increased numbers and flows of migrants will also have significant social, economic, political and cultural consequences.
www.theglobalist.com /StoryId.aspx?StoryId=4629   (1312 words)

  
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Learning Links
Co - Cz : Congo, Democratic Republic of the (formerly Zaire)
A short introduction to the Democratic Republic of the Congo can be found here.
Keywords: Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, country report, ClassBrain, country information,information on the Congo, the Congo
www.classbrain.com /art_cr/publish/congo_learning_links.shtml   (129 words)

  
 Youth Employment Summit: YES Campaign
Within the Government, the Department of Youth, Culture and Tourism coordinates the national youth policy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in cooperation with other youth-serving ministries and youth organizations.
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the main national youth coordinating body is the National Youth Council of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but unfortunately, there is no information about the Council in the UN Youth Unit.
Demographic Indicators: Demographic Yearbook 1995 (United Nations, New York, 1997).
www.yesweb.org /countrydemographics/yesdrc.html   (337 words)

  
 CNN - 3D-Globe: Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire, emerged from a rebel coup in 1997 with a new name and new leadership, but prospects for real change after decades of corruption remain uncertain.
Rebel leader Laurent Kabila's troops rolled over the feeble resistance put up by the government troops of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, who died shortly after being forced into exile.
May 1997 -- Kabila names himself president and renames the country the Democratic Republic of Congo.
edition.cnn.com /SPECIALS/infoglobe/codebase/dem.congo.html   (469 words)

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