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When the DRC was known as Zaire, it had a strong alliance with the United States. This was in part because Zairian leader Mobutu Sese Seko was considered to be a strong anti-communist and anti-socialist, and the United States government saw Zaire as a useful stability buffer to prevent the spread of communism and socialism in Africa. Mobutu ...
This is a list of ambassadors of the United States to the Republic of the Congo.. From 1885 until 1960, the republic had been under the control of France as a protectorate.In 1908, France organized French Equatorial Africa (AEF), comprising its colonies of Middle Congo (modern Congo), Gabon, Chad, and Oubangui-Chari (now Central African Republic).
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the grip of a civil war that has drawn in military forces from neighboring states, with Uganda and Rwanda supporting the rebel movements that occupy much of the eastern portion of the state – Tutsi, Hutu, Lendu, Hema and other conflicting ethnic groups, political rebels, and various government forces continue fighting in Great Lakes region ...
This article lists the diplomatic mission in Ghana. The capital Accra currently hosts 70 embassies/high commissions, while Kumasi hosts one consulate. Map of diplomatic missions in Ghana
This is a list of diplomatic missions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo or Congo-Kinshasa. There are currently 60 embassies in Kinshasa. Other major cities, namely Lubumbashi and Goma, are host to career consular missions and liaison offices. Honorary consulates are omitted from this listing.
By Ange Kasongo. KINSHASA (Reuters) - Two U.S. citizens on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo over their role in an attempted coup in May, told a court on Friday that they were threatened ...
Republic of the Congo is accredited to Canada from its embassy in Washington, D.C., United States. [118] China: 22 February 1964: See China-Republic of the Congo relations. On February 22, 1964, China established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Congo. [20] Finland: 22 March 1967: Both countries established diplomatic relations on 22 ...
The United States and Africa : a post-Cold War perspective (1998) online; Kraxberger, Brennan M. "The United States and Africa: shifting geopolitics in an" Age of Terror"." Africa Today (2005): 47-68 online. Meriwether, James Hunter. Tears, Fire, and Blood: The United States and the Decolonization of Africa (University of North Carolina Press ...