·Fast facts Official name Democratic Republic of the Congo Capital city Kinshasa Population million Area 2 344 858 sq km Major languages French Lingala Kingwana Kikongo Tshiluba Time zone UTC 1 West / Central African Time Interesting facts about the Democratic Republic of Congo 1 The Democratic Republic of Congo in
2 ·Democratic Republic of the Congo Central Africa Conflict Resources Following Mobutu s departure Kabila assumed the presidency and restored the country s previous name the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kabila initially was able to attract foreign aid and provided some order and relief to the country s decimated economy He also initiated
Communaute Miniere de Goma is a collective of miners and traders based in the city of Goma located in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo The group works in tandem to extract and distribute a range of
·Bisimwa Hardy 22 emerges from a shaft at Luhihi in South Kivu with a bag full of stones destined to the crusher to separate the stone from the gold Photo by Guerchom Ndebo/AFP via Getty Images
·The flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC has a highly diverse linguistic landscape Ethnologue lists 215 living languages spoken in the country French is the official language of the country Kituba Swahili Tshiluba and Lingala are the country s four national languages The Official
6 ·Democratic Republic of the Congo Ethnic Groups Languages Religion More than 200 African ethnic groups live in Congo; of these Bantu peoples constitute a large majority of the country s population They entered the territory of modern Congo between the 10th and the 14th century from the west and north and established kingdoms that were
·Since 1996 conflict in eastern DRC has led to approximately six million deaths The First Congo War 1996 1997 began in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide during which ethnic Hutu
Democratic Republic of the Congo also called Congo Kinshasa formerly 1971 97 Republic of Zaire Country central 905 405 sq mi 2 345 000 sq km Population 2024 est 115 403 000 Capital speakers including the Mongo the Kongo and the Luba form a majority of the country s population; among non