CONGO
BY: HECTOR SILVEYRA
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CAPITAL CITY: Kinsasha
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ECONOMY
IMPORTS: $8.924 billion (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
$8.187 billion (2012 est.)
EXPORTS: $9.936 billion (2013 est.)
country comparison to the world: 95
$8.872 billion (2012 est.)
CURRENCY: Congolese francs (CDF)
Per us dollar.
EXCHANGE RATE: 1 usd=
923.8 Congolese Francs in Sept
29, 2014
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GOVERNMENT
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT: Republic
CHIEF OF STATE: Joseph Kabila
Augustin Matata Ponyo
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LANGUAGE: French (official) PEOPLE
lingala, (alingua franca tarde
language), kingwena la dialect of
twiswahilly, kikongo, tshiluba.
RELIGION: Roman Catholic
50% protestant 20%,
kinbanguist 10%, other includes
sincretic sects and indegenous
beliefs 10%
ETHINIC GROUPS: Over 200
African ethinic groups of wich
the majority are banto; the four
largest tribes: Mongo, Luba,
Kongo (all Bantos, and the
mangbeto- azande (Hamitic)
make up about 45% of the
population.
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POPULATION
POPULATION:77,433,744 in 2014
Population by gender (2010)
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33200000
33100000
33000000
32900000
32800000
32700000
32600000
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Males
32808299
Females
33157496
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LITERACY
People age 15 and over that can
read and write
100%
80%
76%
57%
60%
40%
20%
0%
Males
Females
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NATURAL FEATURES
MAJOR BODIES OF LAND: Vast central basin is a low lying plateau;
mountains in east
MAJOR BODIES OF WATER: Congo lake Tanganika
NATURAL RESOURCES : Cobalt, copper, niobium, tantalum, petroleum,
industrial, and gem diamonds, gold, silver, zinc, manganese, coal, hydropower,
timber
Land Use
3% 0%
Arable Land
97%
Permanent
Crops
Others
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WEATHER
CLIMATE: tropical; hot and humid in
equatorial liver basin; cooler and dryer
in southern highlands; cooler and
wetter in eastern highlands; North and
equator- wet season (april to october
dry season, (December to February).
Temperatures in Brazzaville in C
Month Oct
Oct Oct
Oct
Oct
Oct
Oct
Oct
Day
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
High
31
29
30
30
31
30
31
31
Low
23
23
23
23
23
23
22
23
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BACKGROUND
Established as a Belgian colony in 1908, the then-Republic of the Congo gained its independence in 1960,
but its early years were marred by political and social instability. Col. Joseph MOBUTU seized power and
declared himself president in a November 1965 coup. He subsequently changed his name - to MOBUTU
Sese Seko - as well as that of the country - to Zaire. MOBUTU retained his position for 32 years through
several sham elections, as well as through brutal force. Ethnic strife and civil war, touched off by a massive
inflow of refugees in 1994 from fighting in Rwanda and Burundi, led in May 1997 to the toppling of the
MOBUTU regime by a rebellion backed by Rwanda and Uganda and fronted by Laurent KABILA. He
renamed the country the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), but in August 1998 his regime was itself
challenged by a second insurrection again backed by Rwanda and Uganda. Troops from Angola, Chad,
Namibia, Sudan, and Zimbabwe intervened to support KABILA's regime. In January 2001, KABILA was
assassinated and his son, Joseph KABILA, was named head of state. In October 2002, the new president
was successful in negotiating the withdrawal of Rwandan forces occupying the eastern DRC; two months
later, the Pretoria Accord was signed by all remaining warring parties to end the fighting and establish a
government of national unity. A transitional government was set up in July 2003; it held a successful
constitutional referendum in December 2005 and elections for the presidency, National Assembly, and
provincial legislatures took place in 2006. In 2009, following a resurgence of conflict in the eastern DRC, the
government signed a peace agreement with the National Congress for the Defense of the People (CNDP),
a primarily Tutsi rebel group. An attempt to integrate CNDP members into the Congolese military failed,
prompting their defection in 2012 and the formation of the M23 armed group - named after the 23 March
2009 peace agreements. Renewed conflict has lead to the displacement of large numbers of people and
significant human rights abuses. As of February 2013, peace talks between the Congolese government and
the M23 were on-going. In addition, the DRC continues to experience violence committed by other armed
groups including the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda and Mai Mai groups. In the most
recent national elections, held in November 2011, disputed results allowed Joseph KABILA to be reelected
to the presidency.
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RECENT EVENT
In Congo Ebola has killed 42 people since August. Congo doesn’t know how to
treat patients with Ebola so lots of people are dying and it only gets worse.
Congo really needs help because many people are going to die. Bats can give
you Ebola.
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FLIGHT TO BRAZZAVILLE
Price of Roundtrip= $3583 USD
From April 1 to April 8
From Monterrey
To Mexico City
Departs 8:45 pm
Arr 10:34 pm
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From Mexico City
To New York
Departs 1:27 am
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From New York
To Paris
Departs 6:10 pm
Arr 7:30 + 1 day
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Airline Delta
From New York
To Brazzaville
Departs 10:35 am
Arr 7:30am + 1
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Airline Delta
From Brazzaville
To Paris
Departs 9:40 pm
Arr 6:40 am+ 1
day
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From Paris
Airline Delta
To Atlanta
Departs 8:30 am
Arr 12:15
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From Atlanta
To Monterrey
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