Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo is lacking communications infrastructure in terms of roads, so we need to go step by step. ~ Fidel Bafilemba

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as DR Congo, DRC, DROC, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo is a country located in Central Africa. From 1971 to 1997 it was named w:XZaire. The DRC borders the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan to the north; Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Tanzania to the east; Zambia and Angola to the south; and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It is the second largest country in Africa by area, the largest in Subsaharan Africa, and the eleventh largest in the world. Its capital is Kinshasa.

Quotes

• Since the pull out of the electronics companies there has been a tremendous surge by the Congolese government and local mining companies seeking an alternative market with the Chinese.
• It is still at an early stage simply because most of the mines are in very remote areas, and since we still have rogue armed groups here and there, you never know. But also more significantly, the fact that Congo is lacking communications infrastructure in terms of roads, so we need to go step by step.

• Fidel Bafilemba How conflict minerals funded a war that killed millions, Techreublic

External links

• Encyclopedic article on Democratic Republic of the Congo at Wikipedia
• Democratic Republic of the Congo travel guide from Wikivoyage

• Works related to Portal:Democratic Republic of the Congo at Wikisource
• Media related to Democratic Republic of the Congo at Wikimedia Commons
• The dictionary definition of democratic republic of the congo at Wiktionary