The Republic of the Congo (
French
:
République du Congo
;
Kongo
: Repubilika ya Kongo;
Lingala
: Republiki ya Kongó), also known as Congo-Brazzaville or the Congo, is a
country
in
Central Africa
. It is bordered by
Gabon
,
Cameroon
, the
Central African Republic
, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
, the
Angolan
exclave
province of
Cabinda
, and the
Gulf of Guinea
.
The
republic
is a former
French
colony
. Upon independence in , the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. After a quarter century of
Marxism
, Congo completed its transition into a multi-party
democracy
in . However, a brief civil war in ended in the restoration of former Marxist President
Denis Sassou Nguesso
to power. |