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(/ˈkɒŋɡoʊ/; French pronunciation: [kɔ̃ɡo];
French: République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, DRC, DROC, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo
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-the democratic republic of the congo is a country located in ‘central africa’-
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(from 1971 to 1997 it was named ‘Zaire’)
(the DRC borders the ‘Republic of the Congo’, the ‘Central African Republic’, and ‘South Sudan’ to the north; ‘Uganda’, ‘Rwanda’, ‘Burundi’, and ‘Tanzania’ to the east; ‘Zambia’ and ‘Angola’ to the south; and the ‘Atlantic Ocean’ to the west)
(it is the 2nd largest country in ‘Africa’ by area, the largest in ‘Subsaharan Africa’, and the 11th largest in the world)
(with a population of over 79 million, the ‘Democratic Republic of the Congo’ is the most populated officially ‘Francophone’ country, the 4th most populated nation in ‘Africa’, and the 19th most populated country in the world)
(the ‘Congolese Civil Wars’, which began in 1996, brought about the end of Mobutu Sese Seko’s 32-year reign and devastated the country)
(the wars ultimately involved 9 African nations, multiple groups of UN peacekeepers, and 20 armed groups, and resulted in the deaths of 5.4 million people)
(the ‘Democratic Republic of Congo’ is extremely rich in ‘natural resources’, but ‘political instability’, a ‘lack of infrastructure’, ‘deep rooted corruption’, and ‘centuries of both commercial and colonial extraction and exploitation’ have limited ‘holistic development’)
(besides the capital, ‘Kinshasa’, the other major cities, ‘Lubumbashi’ and ‘Mbuji-Mayi’, are both mining communities)
(DR Congo’s largest export is ‘raw minerals’, with ‘China’ accepting over 50% of DRC’s exports in 2012)
(as of 2013, according to the ‘human development index’ (HDI), ‘DR Congo’ has a low level of human development, ranking 176 out of 187 countries)
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