The history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Intro 0:00

Country profile and good overviews 0:58

Pre-colonial Congo 5:36

Congo free state 7:19

Direct Belgian rule 12:03

Independence movements 17:08

 the Congo Crisis 20:15

Mobutu’s Zaire 24:56

Congo’s neighbors 30:20

The Congo wars 33:03

Current history and politics 38:34

Conclusion, outro and sources 42:48