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The earliest known human settlements in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been dated back to the Middle Stone Age, approximately 90,000 years ago.The first real states, such as the Kongo, the Lunda, the Luba and Kuba, appeared south of the equatorial forest on the savannah from the 14th century onwards.
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The earliest inhabitants of the region comprising present-day Congo were the Forest peoples whose Stone Age culture was slowly replaced by Bantu tribes. The main Bantu tribe living in the region were the Kongo, also known as Bakongo, who established mostly unstable kingdoms along the mouth, north and south, of the Congo River.
Republic of the Congo (1960–1971) 1: Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910–1969) 1960: 1 July 1960 24 November 1965 (Deposed in a coup) 5 years, 146 days ABAKO: 2: Joseph-Désiré Mobutu (1930–1997) — 24 November 1965 27 October 1971 [2] 5 years, 337 days Military (until 1967) 1970: MPR: Republic of Zaire (1971–1997) (2) Mobutu Sese Seko (1930 ...
This is a list of conflicts in Democratic Republic of the Congo arranged chronologically from the early modern period to present day. This list includes nationwide and international wars, including: wars of independence , liberation wars , colonial wars , undeclared wars , proxy wars , territorial disputes , and world wars .
Congo Crisis: 1960–1965: Congo–Léopoldville: 1960–1971: Zaire (Shaba I / II) 1971–1997: First Congo War: 1996–1997: Second Congo War: 1998–2003: Joseph Kabila presidency: 2001–2019: Félix Tshisekedi presidency: 2019–present
The Congo River is the world's deepest river and the world's third-largest river by discharge. The Comité d'études du haut Congo ("Committee for the Study of the Upper Congo"), established by King Leopold II of Belgium in 1876, and the International Association of the Congo, established by him in 1879, were also named after the river. [18]
French Congo: 1882–1910: French Equatorial Africa: 1910–1958: Fulbert Youlou: Trois Glorieuses: 1963: 1968 coup d'état: 1968: People's Republic of the Congo: 1970–1992: 1990s: First Civil War: 1993–1994: Second Civil War: 1997–1999: 2002 constitutional referendum: 2002: 2015 constitutional referendum: 2015: COVID-19 crisis: 2020 ...