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Demographic Information

Capital City: Kinshasa Land Area: 2,344 - 858km^2 - 905, 351 sp mi. Population: 62.6 million Birth Rate: 42.96 births Mortality Rate: 42.96 deaths Religions & Percents: Roman Catholic-50%, Protestant-20%, Kimbaguist-10%, Muslim-10%, Other syncretic sects and indigenous beliefs-10%. Ethnicities: Mongo, Luba, Kongo, and the mangbetu-azande make up about 45% of the population. Sources: [|www.wikipedia.org], [|www.google.com]

Culture Information

Pygmies: Earliest inhabitants of the Congo, generally hunter-gatherers who live in the forest

Bantus: Arrived in the Congo in several waves from 2000 BC to 500 AD, in most part from the area in what is now southern Nigeria. They are by far the largest group, and the majority live as farmers.

East Africans: brought in the fourth of the official languages, Kingwana—a Congolese dialect of Swahili. The East Africans are related to the Bantus mentioned above, but tend to differ in their way of life, in that they practice herding as well as farming.

Hamites: originally come from Darfur in south part Sudan and Ethiopia, are pastoral cattle raisers. They include the Tutsi, possibly the tallest people in the world. The Hamites also migrated into the Rwanda and Burundi around the same time. Often mixing with the Eastern Africans, they are found in the east and north east of the country, and generally have a more martial culture than other Congolese groups.

Current events

congo is concerned about rwandan troops invading there territory

who is involved:_rwandan troops_

where is it:_congo_

when dud it take place/is it still going on:_14:34 june 25th, 2004_

other comments

The democratic republic of congo is shorted and greatly concerned over the invasion of rwanda troops into the eastern territory

I used: [|www.wiki.com], [|www.google.com], and [|http://english.peopledaily.com]