 History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Elikia M'Bokolo. Doctorate in African Business
The historian Elikia M'Bokolo
was born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Central Africa)

- 200,000 years: archaeological sites of Mulundwa (Katanga)
- Primitive population: the Pygmies
- 2nd millennium BC: Bantu migrations
- Middle Ages (end): Luba, Kuba, Lunda and Kongo Kingdoms
- Contacts with the Europeans
- From fifteenth to nineteenth century:
Slave Trade; slavery
- 1885: Colonisation (Leopold II of Belgium)
- The colony as
a personal and private possession of the Belgian King
- 1908 - 1960: Belgian Congo
- 1960: Independence (Belgium)
- President: Joseph Kasa-Vubu
- Prime Minister: Patrice Lumumba
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1960: independence of the State of Katanga (Lubumbashi)
- 1961: Lumumba is killed (deported to Katanga by Mobutu)
- Recovery of Katanga
- 1964 - 1971: the dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
- Wars (500,000 dead)
- Mines Nationalisation (1966)
- 1971: Republic of Zaire (zairianisation of the economy)
- 1977 - 1978: Shaba wars
- 1996 - 1997: First Congo War
- 1977: The second Democratic Republic of the Congo
- 1997 - 2001: Presidency of Laurent-Désiré Kabila
- 1998 - 2002: Second Congo War
- 2001 - 2003: Acting Government of Joseph Kabila
- 2003 - 2006: Transitional Government
- 2006: Presidency of Joseph Kabila
More information: Business in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at EENI Website.
- Universities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Albert Bialufu Ngandu: EENI Professor in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo

República Democrática del Congo
République démocratique du Congo
República Democrática do Congo (c) EENI Global Business School (Africa)
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