Democratic Republic of the Congo

English thumb|240px|Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo thumb|Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Alternative forms en Democratic Republic of Congo unofficial but common Pronunciation en /ˌdɛ.məˈkɹæ.tɪk ɹɪˈpʌ.blɪk əv ðə ˈkɒŋ.ɡəʊ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Democratic Republic of the Congo.wav UK en En-DRC-pronunciation.ogg US Proper noun Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 DRC,DR Congo en Q974 en country r/Central Africa the larger of the two countries named Congo Kinshasa. en Congo Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Zaire Democratic Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa ; Congo Free State<q:former names> Belgian Congo Congo-Leopoldville Republic of the Congo-Leopoldville Republic of the Congo-Kinshasa Zaire en Subsahara < Africa en 2022-12-19 Patrick Greenfield; Phoebe Weston Cop15: historic deal struck to halt biodiversity loss by 2030 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/19/cop15-historic-deal-signed-to-halt-biodiversity-loss-by-2030-aoe The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s negotiator appeared to block the final deal presented by China, telling the plenary that he could not support the agreement in its current form because it did not create a new fund for biodiversity, separate to the existing UN fund, the global environment facility (GEF). en 2025-05-22 Trump’s evidence of South Africa ‘white genocide’ contains images from Democratic Republic of Congo https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/trumps-evidence-of-south-africa-white-genocide-contains-images-from-democratic-republic-of-congo The evidence of supposed mass killings of white South Africans presented by Donald Trump in a tense White House meeting on Wednesday were in some cases images from the Democratic Republic of Congo, while footage shown during the meeting was falsely portrayed as depicting “burial sites”. https://web.archive.org/web/20261017234906/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/23/trumps-evidence-of-south-africa-white-genocide-contains-images-from-democratic-republic-of-congo 17 October 2026 Usage notes Though not official, the form en Democratic Republic of Congo is attested and just as common.Democratic Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo 1960 Translations Q974 country in Central Africa DRC DR Congo Afrikaans: af Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo Albanian: sq Republika Demokratike e Kongos f Amharic: am ኮንጎ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ Arabic: ar جُمْهُورِيَّة الْكُونْغُو الدِّيمُقْرَاطِيَّة f jumhūriyyat al-konḡō d-dimuqrāṭiyya Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܩܘܼܛܢܵܝܘܼܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܹܝܡܘܿܩܪܵܛܵܝܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܟܘܿܢܓܘܿ f quṭnāyūṯā dēmōqrāṭāyṯā d-kōngō Armenian: hy Կոնգոյի Դեմոկրատական Հանրապետություն Asturian: ast República Democrática d'El Congu Azerbaijani: az Konqo Demokratik Respublikası Belarusian: be Дэмакраты́чная Рэспу́бліка Ко́нга f Bengali: bn গণতান্ত্রিক কঙ্গো প্রজাতন্ত্র Bulgarian: bg Демократи́чна репу́блика Ко́нго f Burmese: my ကွန်ဂိုဒီမိုကရက်တစ်သမ္မတ Catalan: ca República Democràtica del Congo f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 剛果民主共和國, yue 民主剛果 Mandarin: cmn 剛果民主共和國, cmn 民主剛果 Czech: cs Konžská demokratická republika f, cs Demokratická republika Kongo f Danish: da Demokratiske Republik Congo, da DR Congo Dutch: nl Democratische Republiek Congo f Esperanto: eo Demokratia Respubliko Kongo Estonian: et Kongo Demokraatlik Vabariik, et Kongo DV Finnish: fi Kongon demokraattinen tasavalta French: fr République démocratique du Congo f Georgian: ka კონგოს დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა German: de Demokratische Republik Kongo f Greek: el Λαϊκή Δημοκρατία του Κονγκό f Hausa: ha Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kwango, ha Jamhuriyar Demokaradiyyar Kongo Hebrew: he הרפובליקה הדמוקרטית של קונגו ha'republika ha'demokrat'it shel kongo Hindi: hi कांगो लोकतान्त्रिक गणराज्य m Hungarian: hu Kongói Demokratikus Köztársaság Icelandic: is Lýðræðislega Lýðveldið Kongó n, is Austur-Kongó Indonesian: id Republik Demokratik Kongo Irish: ga Poblacht Dhaonlathach an Chongó f Italian: it Repubblica Democratica del Congo f Japanese: ja コンゴ民主共和国 Kongo minshu kyōwakoku Kazakh: kk Конго Демократиялық Республикасы Khmer: km សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាធិបតេយ្យកុងហ្គោ Kongo: kg Repubilika ya Kôngo ya Dimokalasi Korean: ko ^콩고 민주 공화국, ko ^민주 콩고; ko ^꽁고 민주주의 공화국 North Korea, ko ^민주 꽁고 Kyrgyz: ky Конго Демократиялык Республикасы Lao: lo ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາທິປະໄຕຄອງໂກ Latin: la Rēspūblica Democraticus Congī f Latvian: lv Kongo Demokrātiskā Republika f Lingala: ln Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki Lithuanian: lt Kongo Demokratinė Respublika f Luba-Katanga: lu Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata Macedonian: mk Демократска Република Конго f Malay: ms Republik Demokratik Congo Maltese: ir-mt Repubblika Demokratika tal-Kongo f Māori: mi te Whenua o Kōngo Mingrelian: xmf კონგოშ დემოკრატიული რესპუბლიკა Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Бүгд Найрамдах Ардчилсан Конго Улс Navajo: nv Kéyah Káango Shádiʼááhjí Siʼánígíí Norman: nrf Républyique Démocratique du Congo f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Den demokratiske republikken Kongo m Persian: fa جمهوری دموکراتیک کنگو jomhuri-ye demokrâtik-e kongo Polish: pl Demokratyczna Republika Konga f Portuguese: pt República Democrática do Congo f Romanian: ro Republica Democrată Congo f Russian: ru Демократи́ческая Респу́блика Ко́нго f Scots: sco Democratic Republic o the Congo Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Демо̀кратска̄ Репу̀блика Ко̏нго f Latin: sh Demòkratskā Repùblika Kȍngo f Sinhalese: si කොන්ගෝ ප්‍රජාතන්ත්‍රවාදී ජනරජය Slovak: sk Konžská demokratická republika f Slovene: sl Demokratična republika Kongo f Spanish: es República Democrática del Congo f Swahili: sw Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo Swedish: sv Demokratiska republiken Kongo Tagalog: tl Demokratikong Republika ng Congo Tajik: tg Ҷумҳурии Демократии Конго Tamil: ta காங்கோ மக்களாட்சிக் குடியரசு Thai: th สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยคองโก Turkish: tr Demokratik Kongo Cumhuriyeti Turkmen: tk Kongo Demokratik Respublikasy Ukrainian: uk Демократи́чна Респу́бліка Ко́нго f Uzbek: uz Kongo Demokratik Respublikasi Vietnamese: vi Cộng hoà Dân chủ Công-gô Wolaytta: wal Diimokraatike Ripaablike Konggo Yiddish: yi דעמאָקראַטישע רעפּובליק פֿון קאָנגאָ See also en Congo-Brazzaville en Republic of Congo en People's Republic of the Congo Q1152126 References Further reading