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River that flows past most of the Congo Basin
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Congo River
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Pre-colonial kingdom of western Congo between the 14th and 19th centuries
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Kingdom of Kongo
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Group of states in eastern Congo between the 15th and 19th centuries
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Luba-Lunda States
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Trans-Atlantic trade that kidnapped over four million people from the region
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Slave Trade
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Monarch who made the Congo his personal fiefdom in 1885
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Leopold II
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Name of the Congo state under rule of the above
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Congo Free State
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Authority over the Congo was transferred to this country in 1908
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Belgium
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Term for an African who received European education or assimilation
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Évolué
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This ABAKO leader became the DRC's first president
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Joseph Kasa-Vubu
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This MNC leader became the DRC's first prime minister
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Patrice Lumumba
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The DRC gained independence on June 30 of this year
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1960
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On 11 July, this richest province seceded from the Congo
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Katanga
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Leader of the above secession, later prime minister of the Congo
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Moise Tshombe
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UN Secretary-general shot down on a mission to the Congo in 1961
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Dag Hammarskjöld
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1963-1965 rebellion that proclaimed a communist republic in eastern Congo
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Simba Rebellion
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Army commander who seized control of the country in a 1965 coup
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State ideology aiming to create a centralized national identity
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Authenticité
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In 1971, the above leader changed his country's name to...
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Republic of Zaire
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1994 genocide in a neighboring country that led to unrest in the east
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Rwandan Genocide
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1996-1997 war started by Tutsis that removed the above leader from power
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First Congo War
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Leader of the above war who became president and restored the DRC
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Laurent Kabila
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1998-2003 war during which the above leader was assassinated in 2001
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Second Congo War
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Son of the above leader who succeeded as president and called for ceasefire
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Joseph Kabila
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Term for a community-based militia group active in the DRC
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Mai-Mai
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Leader elected president of the DRC in 2018
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Félix Tshisekedi
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