Is there democracy in Congo?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a nominally centralized constitutional republic. Voters popularly elect the president and the lower house of parliament (National Assembly).
What is life like for the Democratic Republic of Congo today?
The DRC has 79 million inhabitants. 31 million live below the poverty line, earning less than US$ 1.25 per day (about R$ 5). The country has one of the highest mortality rates in the planet, and 43 percent of children under the age of five are malnourished.
Why is Congo Democratic republic so poor?
The lack of formal economic opportunities, combined with the legacy of entrenched political conflicts and instability, as well as high rates of malnutrition, illness, and poor education, make the DR Congo one of the hardest places on earth to raise a family.
What is happening in DRC 2022?
Armed conflict in North Kivu province since May 22, 2022 has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, as M23 rebels launched their biggest offensive against government troops in a decade. On May 25, heavy fighting reached the outskirts of the provincial capital, Goma.
What is happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo 2021?
Attacks were carried out by various armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2021 and 2022. The attacks have killed 629 and injured 321 (not including rebel casualties). At least 82 perpetrators were also killed and one injured in these attacks.
What is going on in Congo 2022?
When did the Democratic Republic of the Congo become a political party?
It became a social liberal political party in 2003. In 1997 Laurent-Désiré Kabila was installed as President of the DRC following the victory by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (ADFL) in the First Congo War, with heavy support from the governments of Uganda and Rwanda.
What was the RCD in the Second Congo War?
The RCD, operating in the east of the DRC, was a major factor in launching the Second Congo War (1998–2003), a rebellion against the government of Laurent-Désiré Kabila. At first the RCD was led by Professor Ernest Wamba dia Wamba.
Did the RCD-Goma foment a new rebellion?
In September 2003 the spokesman of the newly formed Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Vital Kamerhe, accused members of the RCD-Goma of fomenting a new rebellion. He based this on a copy of internal RCD-Goma correspondence that had been leaked to the media.
How did the Second Congo War start?
In early August 1998 the newly formed RCD led by president Ernest Wamba dia Wamba took Goma and began a campaign against Kabila, marking the beginning of the Second Congo War.