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Congo-Brazzaville and autonomy
* Congo-Brazzaville ( variously named, often Middle Congo ) had a single High commissioner, a bit after it was granted on 28 November 1958 autonomy ( as Republic of Congo ), 7 January 1959 – 15 August 1960: Guy Noël Georgy ( b. 1918 – d. 2003 ) after many Lieutenant governors since 11 December 1888 ( under the governor-general of AEF, except the several cases when he governed the French Congo personally ); afterwards it was an independent republic

Congo-Brazzaville and on
As with the arrival of the Portuguese events in Europe again had a deep impact on the affairs of Congo-Brazzaville, and Africa in general.
France was given on the north bank ( modern Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic ), Portugal to the south ( modern Angola ), and Leopold's personal organisation received the balance:, with about 30 million people.
* Congo-BrazzavilleNovember, 1998 – Major Eugene Nsingani The Salvation Army on a peace mission with eight people, gunned down and killed along with five more.
He returned to Congo-Brazzaville on August 10, 2007, and a thousand of his supporters were present to welcome him.
Adada was to visit the People's Republic of China on behalf of Congo-Brazzaville, as announced by the Chinese government on their Ministry of Foreign Affairs website on 16 March 2004.
Congo-Brazzaville won 2 – 1 on aggregate.
Congo-Brazzaville won 4 – 3 on aggregate.
It is the last major city located on the road to Congo-Brazzaville.

Congo-Brazzaville and November
Denis Sassou Nguesso ( born November 23, 1943 ) is a Congolese politician who has been the President of Congo-Brazzaville since 1997 ; he was previously President from 1979 to 1992.

Congo-Brazzaville and independence
As the French colony of Middle Congo ( Moyen Congo ) also chose the name Republic of Congo upon receiving its independence, the two countries were more commonly known as Congo-Léopoldville and Congo-Brazzaville, after their capital cities.
As Congo-Brazzaville prepared to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its independence from France in 2010, Sassou Nguesso noted that the country had far to go in fully realizing the dream of independence: " Our country will not be totally independent until our people are free of the yoke of poverty.

Congo-Brazzaville and from
includes soldiers from Congo-Brazzaville.
* August 15 – Middle Congo becomes independent from France, as Republic of Congo ( Congo-Brazzaville ).
In order to distinguish between the two African countries with " Congo " in their names, the Republic of the Congo is sometimes called Congo-Brazzaville, as opposed to Congo-Kinshasa ( the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known from 1971 to 1997 as Zaire, the capital of which is Kinshasa ).
The Republic of Congo ( Congo-Brazzaville ) was expelled from the Kimberley Process in 2004 because, despite having no official diamond mining industry, the country was exporting large quantities of diamonds, the origin of which it could not detail.
The country itself was formerly called Zaire and is now sometimes referred to as Congo-Kinshasa to distinguish it from the Republic of the Congo ( or Congo-Brazzaville ).
Six different nations won titles from 1970 to 1980: Sudan, Congo-Brazzaville, Zaire, Morocco, Ghana, and Nigeria.
He was an army officer who became Congo-Brazzaville's first general and served as Head of State of Congo-Brazzaville from 1977 to 1979.
During the single-party rule of the Congolese Labour Party ( PCT ), he served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville as Minister of Mines and Energy from 1977 to 1984, as Minister of Mines and Oil from 1984 to 1989, and as Minister of Secondary and Higher Education from 1989 to 1991.
He has again served in the government of Congo-Brazzaville since 2009: as Minister of State for Industrial Development and the Promotion of the Private Sector from September 2009 to September 2012, and as Minister of State for Transport, Civil Aviation, and the Merchant Marine since September 2012.
The Hip-Hop group " Bisso na Bisso " also hails from Congo-Brazzaville.
The Democratic Republic of Congo ( sometimes known as Congo-Kinshasa so as to diferentiate itself from the Republic of Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville ) had its first international success at the 1968 African Cup of Nations held in Ethiopia, beating Ghana 1 – 0 in the final.
From the outset, it was heavily dominated by military officers from the sparsely populated north of Congo-Brazzaville.
In 1957, the lead vocalist, Philippe Lando Rossignol, quit OK Jazz and was replaced by Edo Nganga, from Congo-Brazzaville.
Isidore Mvouba ( born 1954 ) is a Congolese politician who was Prime Minister of Congo-Brazzaville from January 2005 to September 2009.
* Congo-Brazzaville: () ( from West Africa )
It lies south west of Moanda and was the headquarters for the COMILOG Cableway, carrying manganese from Moanda to Mbinda in Congo-Brazzaville.
It is also a border town, lying 100 km away from the border with Congo-Brazzaville.
The city further grew during the 1990s owing to an influx of refugees from then war-torn Congo-Brazzaville.

Congo-Brazzaville and .
In the Mozambican Civil War beginning in 1977 and in Congo-Brazzaville ( today Republic of the Congo ) Cubans acted as advisors.
Congo-Brazzaville acted as a supply base for the Angola mission.
Concerned about stability in Central Africa and the potential for intervention, Gabon has been directly involved with mediation efforts in Chad, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Angola, and former Zaire.
In December 1999, through the mediation efforts of President Bongo, a peace accord was signed in Congo-Brazzaville between the government and most leaders of an armed rebellion.
A new front of Marxist-Leninist revolution erupted in Africa, with revolutions in Benin, Congo-Brazzaville, and Somalia ; Marxist-Leninist liberation fronts in Angola and Mozambique revolting against Portguese colonial rule ; the overthrow of Haile Selassie and the creation of the Derg communist military junta in Ethiopia ; blacks led by Robert Mugabe in Rhodesia revolting against white-minority rule there.
Angola, Benin, Congo-Brazzaville, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Somalia and Zimbabwe ( formerly Rhodesia ) all became Marxist-Leninist states between 1969 and 1979.
On 30 April 1891 this was renamed Colony of French Congo, consisting of Gabon and Middle Congo, the name the French gave to Congo-Brazzaville at that time.
* 12 April 2007 According to Engineering News, a South Korean consortium has agreed to build a new 800 km railway in the Congo-Brazzaville Republic in return for timber concessions.
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The Ogooue River rises in the northwest of the Bateke Plateaux near Kengue, Congo-Brazzaville.
Due to the repression by the colonial government, dos Santos went into exile in neighbouring Congo-Brazzaville in 1961.
On the international stage, Bongo cultivated an image as a peacemaker, playing a pivotal role in attempts to solve the crises in the Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Estimates indicate that there are at least 43, 500 Kota speakers in the world, of whom 34, 442 people ( 79 %) live in the Ogouee-Ivindo province of northeastern Gabon, and 9055 people ( 21 %) in neighboring Congo-Brazzaville.

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