Die Republik Kongo ist ein Staat in Zentralafrika. Das ehemalige Französisch-Kongo oder auch auch Kongo (Brazzaville) ist das kleinere und nördlichere der beiden Kongos. Neben der Republik Kongo gibt es noch die Demokratische Republik Kongo ähnlichen Namens, das ehemalige Zaire.
Amtliche Kurzform:
Kongo
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République du Congo Name in
Englisch: Congo, Republic of the Ehemaliger Name: Volksrepublik Kongo
CIA Background-Info
Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government took office in 1992. A brief civil war in 1997 restored former Marxist President Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO, and ushered in a period of ethnic and political unrest. Southern-based rebel groups agreed to a final peace accord in March 2003, but the calm is tenuous and refugees continue to present a humanitarian crisis. The Republic of Congo was once one of Africa's largest petroleum producers, but with declining production it will need to hope for new offshore oil finds to sustain its oil earnings over the long term.
