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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.
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.
This Congo Colony became known first as French Congo, then as Middle Congo in 1903. In 1908, France organized French Equatorial Africa (AEF), comprising the Middle Congo, Gabon, Chad, and Oubangui-Chari (which later became the Central African Republic). The French designated Brazzaville as the federal capital. Economic development during the ...
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]
At least three Americans were involved in a foiled coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo last week that left six dead and dozens of others arrested.
Ongoing conflict in the country has led to a humanitarian crisis, with hundreds of people killed by both sides. [12] UN convoys have been raided, leading to the murder of Italian ambassador Luca Attanasio, possibly by the FDLR.
6 August – President Félix Tshisekedi accuses former President Joseph Kabila of backing the Alliance Fleuve Congo, a U.S-sanctioned coalition of rebel groups whose main member is the M23. [34] 8 August – A military court sentences Alliance Fleuve Congo leader Corneille Nangaa to death in absentia after convicting him on war crimes charges ...
The family of an American caught up in a failed coup attempt in Congo said their son, Tyler Thompson, was in Africa on vacation with family friends and had not previously engaged in political ...