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Republic of the Congo flag. The colours of the flag carry cultural, political, and regional meanings. The green symbolizes the agriculture and forests of the Congo, while the yellow represents the "friendship and nobility" of the Congolese people. [2] [10] However, the symbolism behind the red was left unexplained. [2]
The flag changed again when the country was renamed Zaire in 1971. The Zairean flag was created as part of Mobutu's attempted re-Africanization of the nation and was used officially until Mobutu's overthrow in the First Congo War. The flag of Zaire was also used as the political-party flag of the Popular Movement of the Revolution, led by
The Republic of the Congo, [a] ... Congo had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 8.89/10, ... Ethnologue recognizes 62 spoken languages in the ...
3 languages. Bahasa Indonesia; ... Flag of the Republic of the Congo; Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo This page was last edited on ...
Flag Date Use Description 2006-present: Flag of the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: National flag with the addition of the inscription "Le President" 1971–1997: Presidential standard of Zaire: 1936–1960: Standard of the governor-general of the Belgian Congo: Flag of the Belgian Congo superimposed on the top left of the ...
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has been known in the past as, in chronological order, the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, the Republic of the Congo-Léopoldville, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of Zaire, before returning to its current name the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2]
The coat of arms of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1999 consists of a light blue shield. In the middle is a yellow star, above which there are six smaller stars. This coat of arms was introduced along with the flag.
Luba-Kasai, also known as Cilubà or Tshilubà, [4] Luba-Lulua, [5] [6] is a Bantu language of Central Africa and a national language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, alongside Lingala, Swahili, and Kikongo ya leta.