In what year did Congo Belge become independent?
cd6cbf3c9a6aa544a2882a7831eff155
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville) The Republic of the Congo (French: "République du Congo" ) was a sovereign state in Central Africa that was created with the independence of the Belgian Congo in 1960. From 1960 to 1966, the country was often known as Congo-Léopoldville (after its capital) in order to distinguish it from its north-western neighbour, also called the Republic of the Congo or Congo-Brazzaville. With the renaming of Léopoldville as Kinshasa on 1 June 1966, it was known as Congo-Kinshasa until 1971.
11d22bc02163321702cc92d5141cdfad
Belgian Congo The Belgian Congo (French: "Congo Belge" , Dutch: "Belgisch-Congo" ) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
d87260ec0ae3e52ab85e0a74ea18b3f7
Social issues in the Democratic Republic of Congo "The Democratic Republic of the Congo" is a country located in central Africa.
223fdf81125d96c877fcc77f94ca76f1
DR Congo national basketball team The Democratic Republic of the Congo national basketball team is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Democratic Republic of Congo. (French: "République démocratique du Congo Fédération de basket-ball" ) The team has appeared in the FIBA Africa Championship, but has yet to appear in the FIBA World Championship. Its biggest success to date was the "Final Four" placement at the 1975 FIBA Africa Championship when it competed as Zaire.
596beda7475238a145a076cce3d2f68f
Nyasaland Nyasaland, or the Nyasaland Protectorate ( or ), was a British Protectorate located in Africa, which was established in 1907 when the former British Central Africa Protectorate changed its name. Between 1953 and 1963, Nyasaland was part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. After the Federation was dissolved, Nyasaland became independent from Britain on 6 July 1964 and was renamed Malawi.
8ff1a69afe28fde1329617691e651fc6
Berlin Conference The Berlin Conference of 1884–85, also known as the Congo Conference (German: "Kongokonferenz" ) or West Africa Conference ("Westafrika-Konferenz"), regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power. The conference was organized by Otto von Bismarck, first Chancellor of Germany, its outcome, the General Act of the Berlin Conference, can be seen as the formalization of the Scramble for Africa. The conference ushered in a period of heightened colonial activity by European powers, which eliminated or overrode most existing forms of African autonomy and self-governance.
3786308e9e67081bfbbf698584c78a09
Geography of the Republic of the Congo The Republic of the Congo is located in the western part of Central Africa. Situated on the Equator, it is bordered by the Angola exclave of Cabinda to the south (231 km), the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south and east (1,229 km), the Central African Republic (487 km) and Cameroon (494 km) to the north and Gabon to the west (2,567 km). Congo has a 169 km long Atlantic coast with several important ports. The Republic of the Congo covers an area of 342,000 km², of which 341,500 km² is land while 500 km² is water. Congo claims 200 nmi of territorial sea.
903c882d2e731691274195d85a1554a7
Republic of the Congo presidential election, 1992 A presidential election was held in the Republic of the Congo in August 1992, marking the end of the transitional period that began with the February–June 1991 National Conference. It was won by Pascal Lissouba of the Pan-African Union for Social Democracy (UPADS), who defeated Bernard Kolélas of the Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development (MCDDI) in a second round of voting.
ebfcc71d226ce6827f853656b164a605
Colonial history of Angola The colonial history of Angola is usually considered to run from the appearance of the Portuguese under Diogo Cão in 1482 (Congo) or 1484 (Angolan coast) until the independence of Angola in 1975. Settlement did not begin until Novais's establishment of São Paulo de Loanda (Luanda) in 1575, however, and the Portuguese government only formally incorporated Angola as a colony in 1655 or on May 12, 1886.
5b67d7355cf4701d58db9ace01ddf595
Kongo Central Kongo Central, formerly Bas-Congo, is one of the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Matadi.
0f80ef0d911c45804fe4c6063fbe0abe
List of sovereign states in 1997 Congo, Democratic Republic of the Zaire
a7ed45b22341b82947f9691b7d84748b
Modern history of Fiji Since attaining independence from the United Kingdom on 10 October 1970, Fijian history has been marked by exponential economic growth up to 1987, followed by relative stagnation, caused to a large extent by political instability following two military coups in 1987 and a civilian putsch in 2000. This was followed by another military coup in 2006. Rivalry between indigenous Fijians and Indo-Fijians, rather than ideological differences, have been the most visible cleavage of Fijian politics.
0fcdcc528bd3ab9d3c28e693c55d2e03
Chad–France relations Chad–France relations refers to the diplomatic relations between the Republic of Chad and the French Republic. France controlled Chad beginning in 1900 until the country's independence in 1960. Both nations are today members of the Francophonie and the United Nations.
8754bdcf796a58bf06dbb57c4783a66d
Elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Multi-party elections in the DR Congo were held in July 2006, the first multi-party elections in the country since 1960.
79bb30af3ed5f680cfb8e9b944e787cf
Southern Cameroons Southern Cameroons was the southern part of the British Mandate territory of British Cameroons in West Africa. Since 1984 it has been part of the Republic of Cameroon, where it makes up the Northwest Region and Southwest Region. Since 1994, pressure groups in the territory have sought independence from the Republic of Cameroon, and the Republic of Ambazonia was declared by the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organisation (SCAPO) on 31 August 2006.
44be3212777618d84c05567d9913d4b3
Belgian Armed Forces The Belgian Armed Forces (Dutch: "Defensie" ; French: "La Défense" ) is the national military of Belgium. The Belgian Armed Forces was established after Belgium became independent in October 1830. Since that time Belgian armed forces have fought in World War I, World War II, the Cold War (Korean War and army of occupation of the Federal Republic of Germany), Kosovo, Somalia and Afghanistan. The ParaCommando Brigade intervened several times in Central-Africa, for maintaining public order and evacuation of Belgian citizens. The Armed Forces comprise four branches: the Land Component, the Air Component, the Marine Component and the Medical Component. It is currently active in Lebanon, Afghanistan, the Gulf of Aden and conducting anti-ISIS operations in Iraq.
1a3a0a1659f19b302def8f97237a4f38
Les Trois Glorieuses Les Trois Glorieuses was the anthem of the People's Republic of the Congo from January 1, 1970 through 1991, when the original anthem, "La Congolaise" was restored.
5350b563476a27c41cb49e1ff6906e01
Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo The Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo (French: "Forces armées de la République du Congo" ), also less formally denoted as the "Forces armées congolaises" or its acronym FAC, are the military forces of the Republic of the Congo. They consist of the Congolese Army, the Congolese Air Force, and the Congolese Marine (Navy). The dissolution of French Equatorial Africa in 1958, and France's impending military withdrawal from the Congo in August 1960, provided the impetuous for the formation of the FAC. The FAC and state paramilitary agencies are headed by an "Armed Forces Chief of General Staff", usually appointed by the President of the Republic of the Congo. Major General Guy Blanchard Okoï has served as chief of staff since 2012.
bb245bc686039a4f78794d4ba27990c0
History of Ivory Coast (1960–99) On December 4, 1958, Ivory Coast became a member state within the French Community. On August 7, 1960, Ivory Coast achieved its full independence from France, and Félix Houphouët-Boigny became the first president after the independence.
db80ff24a16f987d32abe4fcb943bb4b
List of governors of the Banque Centrale du Congo This is a list of the governors of the Banque Centrale du Congo in Kinshasa. The bank, which is the country's central bank, was founded after independence in 1960.
2d07447c0e150661d1a4bf51b2c3f124
Association Congolaise des Banques The Association Congolaise des Banques (Congolese Banking Association), was created on 22 August 1952. By law No. 003-2002 of 2 February 2002, The Activities and Supervision of Credit Institutions in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Article 86 provides that all credit institutions are required to join the association. Currently, the association's headquarters is in Kinshasa at the regional headquarters of Trust Merchant Bank, and the latter acts as the association's general secretariat.
8fe2e8ec3e246ffd6f5cc612061f3e70
Congolese Independence Speech The Speech at the Ceremony of the Proclamation of the Congo's Independence was a short political speech given by Patrice Lumumba on 30 June 1960. The address marked the independence of Congo-Léopoldville (the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) from Belgium and became a famous example of an attack on colonialism.