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The DRC is one of the most vulnerable nations to climate change and the least prepared to deal with its impacts. [139] Climate change in the DRC is predicted to cause more frequent and intense floods, droughts and exacerbated disease epidemics. [140] Sectors vulnerable to climate change include agriculture, forestry and energy. [141]
The country was a one-party totalitarian military dictatorship, run by Mobutu Sese Seko and his Popular Movement of the Revolution. Zaire was established following Mobutu's seizure of power in a military coup in 1965, after five years of political upheaval following independence from Belgium known as the Congo Crisis.
As of 2023, the DRC is the 18th highest emitting nation of greenhouse gases and the highest emitter on the African continent. [8] The majority of these emissions arise from land use change and deforestation, as the country uses little fossil fuels and only one-fifth of the population has access to electricity. [9] [10]
In 1997, the country was renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the three provinces that had been renamed in 1971 either retook their previous name or took another. [ 3 ] Article 2 of the Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , adopted in 2006, specifies a territorial organisation into 26 provinces, [ 17 ] again resembling ...
In 1990, there were only 30 landlocked countries in the world. However, the dissolutions of the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia; the breakup of Yugoslavia; the independence referendums of South Ossetia (de facto state), Eritrea, Montenegro, South Sudan, and the Luhansk People's Republic (de facto state); and the unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo (de facto state) created 15 new ...
Landlocked countries experience economic growth 6% less than non-landlocked countries, holding other variables constant. [6] 32 out of the world's 44 landlocked countries, including all the landlocked countries in Africa, Asia, and South America, have been classified as the Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) by the United Nations. As of ...
The area was also known as Boonslick country. [ 1 ] A 1948 article in the Missouri Historical Review defined the antebellum "Little Dixie" region as a 13-county area between the Mississippi River north of St. Louis to Missouri River counties in the central part of the state (Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Howard, Lincoln, Pike, Marion ...
The DRC's largest export is raw minerals, with China having accepted over 50% of its exports in 2019. In 2025, DR Congo's level of human development was ranked 180th out of 193 countries by the Human Development Index and is classified as being one of the least developed countries by the United Nations (UN).