Congos

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Two Congos
                       Mostly people get confused about Congo. Basically there are two Congos which people use interchangeably. But both are different independent countries. One is Democratic Republic of Congo and other Republic of Congo.

1. Democratic Republic of Congo


2. Republic of Congo



 Continent
                    Both are located in the continent of Africa.
                   

Capital
              1. Capital of Democratic Republic of Congo is Congo Kinshasa.


2. Capital of Republic of Congo is Congo Brazzaville.

   

                       History


 European Colony
                                   Both were European colonies until 1960. In Berlin Conference of 1881, the African continent was divided between the European Powers. Congo was divided into French Congo and Belgian Congo (in 1908). In the beginning, Belgian Congo was a Free State privately owned by King Leopold 2 of Belgium and was a Corporate State until 1908.

Congo Free State


 French Congo

Congo Horrors
                               It refers to the horrific period of the tyrant King Leopold 2 of Belgium. More than 10 million Africans were murdered in his rule from 1885 to 1908.

 King Leopold 2


 King Leopold atrocities


Independence
                             Both gained independence on 30 June, 1960.


Congo Crises
                          The flames of crises intensified with the arrest and murder of first democratically elected Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. Later power was seized by Mobutu Sese Seko. Backed by the US and Belgium, he established a military rule in the Democratic Republic of Congo and  changed it's name into Zaire in 1971.

Patrice Lumumba


Mobutu Sese Seko



Cold War
                    During Cold War, the Republic of Congo had close ties with the Soviet Union.

The People's Republic of the Congo was established by Alphonse Massamba Dèbat in 1969.

Alphanose Massamba Dèbat


People Republic of Congo


While Zaire was on the side of Capitalist Bloc.


Collapse
                  Both Zaire and People's Republic of Congo came to an end in the 1990s with fall of dictatorship in Zaire and collapse of Communism in PRC.





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