Democratic Republic of the Congo

République démocratique du Congo (French)
Repubilika ya Kôngo ya Dimokalasi (Kongo)
Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki (Lingala)
Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo (Swahili)
Ditunga dia Kongu wa Mungalaata (Luba-Katanga)
• 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
• Renamed to Democratic Republic of Congo
1 August 1964
• Republic of Zaire
29 October 1971
• Fall of Mobutu
17 May 1997
• Current constitution
18 February 2006