There are currently 2 'Congo's . The larger, more southerly is what used to be Belgian Congo and is now Democratic Republic of Congo.
To the northwest of this is the Republic of Congo, sometimes called Congo-Brazzaville.
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Congo was colonized by the Belgians, and in 1882, the International Association of the Congo was created as a company to govern the country. Native people were forced to work for the company under cruel and inhumane conditions.
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The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo.
it gained indepedance from belgium. it was formerly called the belgian congo, then zaire, and its proper name today is the democratic republic of the congo.
The Democratic Republic of Congo of today was a Belgium colony.The Republic of Congo of today was a France colony.What_European_country_controlled_the_Africa_Congo_before_world_war_2
There is one country in Africa called Congo, and there is one called the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The country formerly called Zaire changed in 1997 to the Democratic Republic of Congo, D.R. Congo, or D.R.C. It is also called Congo-Kinshasa (Kinshasa being the capital.) This is to distinguish it from the neighboring "Republic of Congo" (Congo-Brazaville). D.R. Congo, or Congo-Kinshasa, is the former Belgian Congo. The Republic of Congo, or Congo-Brazaville, is the former French Congo.
The country formerly called Zaire changed in 1997 to the Democratic Republic of Congo, D.R. Congo, or D.R.C. It is also called Congo-Kinshasa (Kinshasa being the capital.) This is to distinguish it from the neighboring "Republic of Congo" (Congo-Brazaville). D.R. Congo, or Congo-Kinshasa, is the former Belgian Congo. The Republic of Congo, or Congo-Brazaville, is the former French Congo.
The leader of congo is a man called Kabila.
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The country formerly called Zaire changed in 1997 to the Democratic Republic of Congo, D.R. Congo, or D.R.C. It is also called Congo-Kinshasa (Kinshasa being the capital.) This is to distinguish it from the neighboring "Republic of Congo" (Congo-Brazaville). D.R. Congo, or Congo-Kinshasa, is the former Belgian Congo. The Republic of Congo, or Congo-Brazaville, is the former French Congo.
Leopold II of Belgium was incredibly abusive and barbaric in the way he went about governing the Belgian Congo (the colony that is now the independent country called the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
The former name for Congo was Zaire. It was changed back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997.
Belgain Congo present day name is Democratic Republic of the Congo.