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The Democratic Republic of the Congo was formerly named the Belgian Congo and later Zaire. Bantus are the majority ethnic group in Congo. This nation of 45 million is the 3rd largest in Africa. (NH, 7/96, p.14)(SFC, 10/26/96, p.A8)(SFC, 5/21/98, p.A14) Congo DRC is about two-thirds size of western Europe. (Econ, 8/5/06, p.41) |
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Links: | CIA Factbook: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/cg.html AfricaNet: http://www.africanet.com/africanet/country/zaire/home.htm ICL: http://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/law/cf__indx.html 3D: http://www.3DAtlas.com/countries/co_congokin.html Sources: http://www.agora.stm.it/politic/congo-K.htm Congo Times: http://chss2.montclair.edu/sorac/CongoTimes/home.htm Fung sources: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/zaire.html |