Republic of the Congo

This article is about the specific polity Republic of the Congo and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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A country in central Africa, it gained its independence from France in 1960. It is bordered to the west by Gabon, to its northwest by Cameroon and its northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to its south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda and to its southwest by the Atlantic Ocean.

Establishment

August 1960: Independence of Congo.

Chronology

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1. Events

December 1969: The People's Republic of the Congo was a Marxist-Leninist one-party socialist state that was established in 1969 in the Republic of the Congo.

March 1992: After 1992, the People's Republic of the Congo was simply referred to as the Republic of Congo.