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Republik Kongo (Brazzaville) |
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A republic on the north bank of the Congo River, in west central Africa. The former French colony of Middle Congo, the Congo became a member state in the French community in 1958 and gained independence in 1960. After 1963, the Congo government alligned itself with both the Soviet Union and China. U.S. relations, severed in 1965, were restored in 1977. In 1990, Maoism was renounced, and
opposition parties were legalized. The official name of the country,
changed to the People's Republic of the Congo in 1970, was changed back
to the Republic of the Congo. A democratically elected government came
to power in 1992. During 1997, the country was torn by ethnic and
regional civil war. |
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