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In 1968, a coup d'état took place in the country, with the new government proclaiming the People's Republic of the Congo a year later. By doing so, it became the first Marxist–Leninist country in Africa. [4] In order to symbolize the revolutionary change, the regime instituted a new national anthem and chose a new flag. [5]
The design of this flag resembles the flag of Zaire. 1996–present: Flag of Allied Democratic Forces: 2014–present: Flag of Nduma Defense of Congo-Renovated: 2000–present: Flag of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda: 2010s–present: Separatist flag of Kivu: 1987–present Flag of the Lord's Resistance Army
That flag, in turn, was based on the flag which was originally used by King Leopold's Association Internationale Africaine and was first used in 1877. The 1877 design featured a yellow star on a blue background. The 1877 flag continued as the flag of the Congo Free State after the territory was recognized as an official possession of Leopold II ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo [b] (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, the country is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world.
Flag of the Congo Free State / the Belgian Congo: 1960–1963: Flag of Congo-Léopoldville: 1963–1966: Flag of Congo-Léopoldville / the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1966–1971: Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1997–2003: Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2003–2006: Flag of the Democratic Republic of the ...
Flag of the Congo may refer to: Flag of the Republic of the Congo; Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo This page was last edited on 28 ...
The Soga Chess Club for children doesn't have enough tables and chairs. In a corner of a refugee camp in conflict-wracked eastern Congo, about a dozen chess games are going, each one with its own ...
Congo national football team; Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics; DR Congo national football team; Egypt national football team; Enlargement of the United Nations; Enyimba F.C. Espérance Sportive de Tunis; Ethiopia national football team; FIFA World Cup qualification; First Sudanese Civil War; Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...