Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo ndi dziko lomwe lili pakati pa Africa, ndipo lili m'malire ndi Angola kumwera chakumadzulo, Republic of Congo kumadzulo, Central African Republic kumpoto, South Sudan kumpoto chakum'mawa, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi ndi Tanzania kum'mawa. ndi Zambia kummwera.

Likulu komanso mzinda waukulu kwambiri ndi Kinshasa, womwe kale unali doko lamalonda lomwe limakhazikitsidwa pamphepete mwa Mtsinje wa Congo, (womwe umayenda pakati pa Republic of Congo ndi Democratic Republic of Congo).

Mbiri

Ku Congo Basin kunkakhala anthu amitundu ina kwa zaka zoposa 80,000, ndipo ankakhala moyo wosaka nyama. Kukula kwa Bantu kunachitika zaka 5,000 zapitazo, ndipo Bantus adasakanikirana ndi anthu amtundu wa akafula, kupanga akafula kubisala kwambiri m'nkhalango za Kongo, pamene Bantus anali ndi ulimi wopita patsogolo.

Ufumu (Ufumu wa Kongo) udapanga kumwera kwa mtsinje wa Kongo kuzungulira 1300 AD, ndipo unali mbadwa ya anthu a Bakongo (Bantu). Apwitikizi adapeza Ufumu wa Congo ndipo adali ndi ubale wovuta, (Chipwitikizi ndi Kongo zinali ndi nkhondo zambiri).

Cha m'ma 1800 AD, Scramble of Africa idachitika, ndipo maulamuliro osiyanasiyana aku Ulaya adajambula kontinenti ya Africa. Dera la Congo lidagawika zigawo ziwiri, Republic of Congo kukhala dziko la France, pomwe Democratic Republic of Congo inali dziko la Belgian. Kufuna mphira kunali chimodzi mwa zigawenga zoopsa kwambiri m'mbiri, ndipo a Belgian anali kukakamiza anthu a ku Congo kuti atolere mphira kwa anthu a ku Belgium, ndipo ngati sanatolere labala, a Belgian akanadula manja a anthu a ku Congo.

Derali linali ndi ufulu wodzilamulira m'zaka za m'ma 1960, ndipo pulezidenti woyamba anali Joseph Kabila.