Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo République démocratique
Flag Emblem
Motto: "JusticeTempolete:SndPaixTempolete:SndTravail" ("JusticeTempolete:SndPeaceTempolete:SndWork")
Anthem: "Debout Congolais" ("Arise, Congolese") Setshwantsho:Democratic Republic of the Congo's national anthem.ogg
Mošate and largest city	Kinshasa 4°19′S 15°19′E
Diteme tsa semmusô	French
Recognised national languages	Kikongo ya leta Lingala Swahili Tshiluba
Sedumedi (2021)	95.4% Christianity 2.6% traditional faiths 1.5% Islam 0.5% others / none
Demonym(s)	Congolese
Government	Unitary semi-presidential republic
• [President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo|President]]	[[[Félix Tshisekedi]]
• Prime Minister	Judith Suminwa
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Senate
• Lower house	National Assembly
Formation
• Colonised	17 November 1879
• Congo Free State	1 July 1885
• Belgian Congo	15 November 1908
• Independence from Belgium	30 June 1960
• Admitted to the United Nations	20 September 1960
• Democratic Republic	1 August 1964
• Republic of Zaire	27 October 1971
• First Congo War	17 May 1997
• Current constitution	18 February 2006
Fatshe
• Total	2,345,409 km2 (905,567 sq mi) (11th)
• Land	Tempolete:Convinfobox/sec2
• Water (%)	3.32
Batho
• 2025 estimate	Tempolete:IncreaseNeutral 111,050,097 (15th)
• Bokete	50/km2 (129.5/sq mi)

Lefatshe la Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), le le itsegeng gape ka leina la the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa kgotsa Congo fela, ke lefatshe le le mo legareng la Aforika. Ke lefatshe la bobedi ka botona jwa bophara jwa lefatshe mo Aforika, mme e le la bo lesome le bongwe mo lefatsheng ka kakaretso. Lefatshe la DR Congo ke lone le le nang le palo ya batho ba le bantsi go fetisa mafatshe otlhe a a buang puo sa French, le na le batho ba le didikadike di le lekgolo, lesome le botlhano. Puo ya French ke yone ee tlhomilweng semmuso ebile ke yone e e buiwang thata le ntswa go na le dipuo tsa mo gae di feta makgolo a mabedi. Toropokgolo ke Kinshasa, e gape e leng yone boremelelo jwa thekiso. lefatshe le le tlhakanetse molelwane kwa bophirima le a Republic of Congo, Cabinda exclave kwa Angola le lewatle la Atlantic, kwa bokone ke mafatshe a Central African Republic le la South Sudan, fa kwa botlhaba e le Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi le Tanzania, kwa borwa e le a Zambia le Angola. E re ka lefatshe le le le mo legareng la mokgatsha wa Congo, le nelwa ke dipula tse dintsi, ebile le kgabaganngwa ke dinoka tse dintsi, fa kwa borwa-botlhaba go le dithaba.

Kgaolo ya Congo, e simolotse go nna le banni dingwaga di ka nna dikete tse di masome a ferabongwe te di fetileng, e le balemi, batho bantsho bone ba gorogile dingwaga di ka nna dikete tse pedi go ya kwa go tse tharo tse di fitileng. Kwa bophirima, bogosi jwa Kingdom of kongo bo eteletse pele kwa molomong wa noka ya Congo .

Ketsaetsego e e bakilweng ke go goromela ga batshabi ba ntwa ya selegae ya kwa Rwanda, e ne ya baka ntwa ya ntlha ya Congo go tswa ka ngwaga wa 1996 go tsena ka 1997, phelelo ya ntwa e e ne ya nna go thankgolwa ga ga Mobutu. Leina la yone le ne la fetolwa go boelwa kwa go DRC mme la itemogela ntwa ya bobedi go tswa ka 1998 go tsena ka 2003, mo go neng ga baka dintsho tsa batho ba le didikadike di le tlhano le dikete di le nne, le go bolawa ga ga tautona Laurent-Desire Kabila. Ntwa, e gantsi e tlhalosiwang e le yone e e bolaileng batho ba le bantsi fa e sale ka ntwa ya lefatshe ya bobedi, e ne ya fela ka go busa ga ga tautona Joseph Kabila o o neng a tsosolosa lefatshe le fa go lwa go ne ga tswelela bogolo jang kwa botlhaba. Ditshwanelo tsa setho e ne e se tse di tswisang pelo ebile di akaretsa go tshwenngwa ka go nyelediwa ga batho, go bogisiwa, go isiwa kgolegelong le go idiwa go gololesega. Kabila o ne a ithola marapo ka ngwaga wa 2019, e le lantlha lefatshe le nna le neelano ya kagiso fa e sale le tsaya boipuso, morago ga gore Felix Tshisekedi a fenye ditlhopo tsa ngwaga wa 2018. Fa e sale dingwaga tsa 2000 di simologa, go nnile le ditlhopha di feta lekgolo di tshotse dibetsa, bogolo jang kwa Kivu. Nngwe ya ditoropo tse dikgolo, ebong Goma, e ne ya busiwa ke ditsuolodi ka ngwaga wa 2012 le ka 2025. M23 e ne ya simolola go tlwaelesega ka ngwaga wa 2025 morago ga go gapa ditoropo di le mmalwa kwa botlhaba, ba enngwe nokeng ke sesole sa kwa Rwanda, golo mo go bakileng kgotlhang gareng ga mafatshe a mabedi a.

Le ntswa le humile ditswammung, lefatshe la DRC ke lengwe la mafatshe a a humanegileng mo lefatsheng ka bophara, ka le itemogetse go tlhoka go ritibala ga sepolotiki, go tlhoka dikago tse di siameng, tshenyetso sechaba le go gatelelwa ke mafatshe a mangwe, golo mo go neng ga salwa morago ke dingwaga tse di masome a marataro a boipuso go sena ditlhabololo. Kwa ntle ga toropokgolo Kinshasa, ditoropo tse dingwe tse di humileng ditswammung ke Lumbumbashi le Mbuji-Mayi.Lefatshe la DRC le rekisetsa mafatshe a mangwe ditswammung le tshipi, tse di dirileng 80% ya thekiso ka ngwaga wa 2023, le rekisetsa thata lefatshe la China.