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Welcome to the WikiProject Democratic Republic of the Congo! This group was formed to better organize articles on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a spirit of cooperation.

Scope

This group includes within its scope all articles related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, its cities, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the :Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo or one of its subcategories. This Project intends to cover an area that traditionally is low on Wikipedia's radar (See WP:Countering systematic bias). Please improve by joining and contributing.

Our mission

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Like our WikiProject Africa brethren, we have before us a large task: filling in the gap on Wikipedia concerning all things Congolese. This is probably one of the more difficult country-topics to maintain; the Congo is one of largest and most diverse African states, and has been in a state of instability since 1997.

The advantage? A clean slate. WikiProject DRC members have considerable latitude to create, edit, and revise relevant articles without the disruption of conjecture additions, unduly weighted material, or in-general unhelpful good faith edits (though some of our higher profile articles do suffer from this e.g. Patrice Lumumba). The [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Accueil_principal French Wikipedia] is a good place to start when looking for holes to fix. Just about all areas of the project are open to improvement.

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Participants

=Active members=

To join WikiProject Democratic Republic of the Congo, edit this section and add the Wikitext #{{subst:me}} with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.

  1. Francis Hannaway Francis Hannaway 21:06, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
  2. Brigade Piron (talk) 19:14, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
  3. Славянский патриот (talk) 04:40, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
  4. Jackninja5 (talk) 02:08, 1 February 2015 (UTC) The Democratic Republic of the Congo has become very interesting to me now. I never call it simply "Congo". The Second Congo War gets my attention because for some reason I make a lot of edits about wars.
  5. Indy beetle (talk) 00:57, 23 September 2016 (UTC) Anything revolving around the Congo Crisis.
  6. Monopoly31121993 (talk) 13:18, 27 December 2016 (UTC) Mostly categories on Commons images related to DRC and DRC transportation edits on Wikipedia.
  7. Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum (talk) 21:20, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
  8. {{User|BamLifa}} 07:30:48, 15 October 2018 (UTC)  Whatever they say, DRC is still my country.
  9. AmplifyWiki (talk)
  10. CBJH (talk) 19:59, 26 October 2020 (UTC): Mostly Congolese political history from 1960 to 1997
  11. capitainAfrika
  12. Aegeou2 22:12:49, 16 December 2020 (UTC) 
  13. A.S. Brown, History and culture.
  14. {{User|Dunutubble}} 16:27:03, 18 June 2022 (UTC) , History and politics.
  15. {{User|Jebiguess}} Modern political and military history and culture
  16. {{User|MiddleOfAfrica}} 21:21:55, 4 October 2023 (UTC)  Cultures, history and religions of the precolonial Kongo region; also interested in improving stub articles and creating templates
  17. {{User|Wowzers122}} 21:00:51, 30 March 2025 (UTC)  Mostly politics post-2006, especially post-2018. Occasionally, I write on stuff between 1990-2006 because there's a big content gap there, but I'm not as interested in that stuff.
  18. {{User|LouisBStevenson}} Precolonial Congo and the Congo Free State

=Former members=

Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.

  1. John Carter 18:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
  2. Congolese 05:49, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
  3. MinnesotanConfederacy 14:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
  4. --Toussaint 17:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
  5. Gniniv (talk) 08:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  6. The Malau (talk) 08:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
  7. Julia Barrow (talk) 17:09, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
  8. NhInsideWriter (talk) 03:50, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

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Requests

=Article requests=

=Photo requests=

You can post your image requests on the list here, and on the talk page(s) of the subject(s) with this text:

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Requests should be added on the Wikimedia Commons (:Commons:Commons:Picture requests). Please also post them at :fr:Wikipédia:Atelier photographique on the French Wikipedia. If you do not know French, you can ask someone at :fr:Wikipédia:Bistro_des_non-francophones/en to help you.

=Requests for expansion=

Recognized content

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Library

= Useful templates =

= Web sources =

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  • [http://congonouveau.org/ Congo Nouveau] – National news website
  • [http://www.mediacongo.net/ Media Congo] – National news website
  • [http://www.kinshasatimes.cd/ KinshasaTimes] – National news website
  • [https://fr.kongotimes.info/ KongoTimes.info] – National news website
  • [http://times.cd/ Times.cd] – National news website
  • [http://7sur7.cd/new/ 7sur7.cd] – National news website
  • [https://scooprdc.net/ Scoop RDC] – National news website
  • [https://www.lecongolais.cd/ LeCongolais] – National and African news website
  • [http://groupelavenir.org/ Groupe de Presse l'Avenir] – National media company
  • [https://www.digitalcongo.net/ Digital Congo] – National news website, republishes stories from Congolese newspapers
  • [http://www.lephareonline.net/ Le Phare] – Kinshasa-based national newspaper
  • [https://lepotentiel.cd/ Le Potentiel] – Kinshasa-based national newspaper
  • [http://www.congoindependant.com/ Congo Indépendant] – National newspaper
  • [http://www.lesoftonline.net/ Le Soft International] – National and international newspaper
  • [https://laprosperiteonline.net/ La Prosperite] – National news journal
  • [http://business-et-finances.com/ Business et Finances] – National business news journal
  • [http://www.politico.cd/ Politico.cd] – National political news magazine
  • [http://www.virungamountains.org/ Virgunga Mountains Observer] – Eastern Congo regional newsletter, focus on human rights
  • [https://www.radiookapi.net/ Radio Okapi] – National radio network, sponsored by MONUSCO
  • [http://www.rtvs1redaction.com/ RTVS1 Redaction] – Kinshasa-based radio station
  • [http://acpcongo.com/acp/ Agence congolaise de presse (ACP)] – Government press agency
  • [http://www.journalofficiel.cd/jordc/index.php Journal Officiel de la République Démocratique du Congo] – Government gazette
  • [http://www.presidentrdc.cd/ Présidence de la République Démocratique du Congo] – Official website for the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • [http://www.assemblee-nationale.cd/ Assemblée nationale] – Official website for the National Assembly
  • [http://www.senat.cd/ Sénat] – Official website for the Senate
  • [https://www.cia.gov/library/Publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cg.html CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE] – The World Factbook entry on the Congo
  • [http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/drc The World Bank in DRC] – World Bank website section on the Congo
  • [http://www.aequatoria.be/ Centre Æquatoria] – Belgian research center focused on the Équateur region
  • [http://www.kongocentral.co/ Kongo Central] – Government website for the Province of Kongo Central
  • [http://www.sudkivu.cd/sudkivuwebsite/ Province du Sud-Kivu] – Government website for the Province of Sud-Kivu
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130721050726/http://www.uke.be:80/www/index.php UKE.be] – Website of the Union Kasaienne de l'Extérieur, focused on the Kasai region (no longer updated)
  • [http://www.jeuneafrique.com/pays/rd-congo/ Jeune Afrique | RD Congo] – Jeune Afrique section on the Congo
  • [https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo| The Guardian – Congo] – The Guardian articles tagged for the Congo
  • [https://af.reuters.com/news/country?type=drcNews Reuters – DRC News] – Reuters articles tagged for the Congo
  • [https://www.npr.org/tags/126948436/democratic-republic-of-congo NPR : Democratic Republic of the Congo] – National Public Radio articles tagged for the Congo
  • [https://news.un.org/en/tags/drc UN News – DRC] – United Nations news articles tagged for the Congo

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= Full texts =

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  • {{cite book| title = Belgian Congo| publisher = Office de l'information et des relations publiques pour le Congo belge et le Ruanda-Urundi| volume = 1| edition = translated| date = 1959| location = Brussels| url = https://archive.org/details/BelgianCongoVol.1| oclc = 221824793}}
  • {{cite book |last1=Ndaywel è Nziem |first1=Isidore |authorlink=Isidore Ndaywel è Nziem| title=Histoire générale du Congo : de l'héritage ancien à la république démocratique |date=1998 |publisher=Le Cri |location=Brussels |isbn=9782801111741 |url=http://bokundoli.org/numero/histoire-generale-du-congo/}}
  • {{cite book| last = Brausch| first = Georges| title = Belgian Administration in the Congo| publisher = Oxford University Press| date = 1961| location = London| url = https://archive.org/details/belgianadministr002454mbp| oclc = 230080110}}
  • {{cite book| last = Chomé| first = Jules| title = Moise Tshombe et l'escroquerie katangaise| publisher = Éditions de la Fondation J. Jacquemotte| date = 1966| location = Brussels| language = French| url = https://issuu.com/tetitatutis/docs/tshombe_et_l_escroquerie| oclc = 919889}}
  • {{cite book| title = Congo, 1955–1960 : recueil d'études| publisher = Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer| date = 1992| location = Brussels| language = French, Dutch| url = http://www.kaowarsom.be/documents/PUBLICATIONS/CONGO%201955-1960%20VERZAMELING%20STUDIES.pdf| oclc = 30563934}}
  • {{cite book| title = Le Congo Belge Durant la Seconde Guerre Mondiale| publisher = Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer| date = 1983| location = Brussels| language = French, Dutch| url = http://www.kaowarsom.be/documents/PUBLICATIONS/BIJDRAGEN%20OVER%20BELGISCH-CONGO%20TIJDENS%20DE%20TWEEDE%20WERELDOORLOG.pdf| oclc = }}
  • {{cite book| title = The Congo Rebellion| publisher = Press Service of the Democratic Republic of the Congo| date = 1964| location = Léopoldville| url = https://archive.org/details/TheCongoRebelion| oclc = 781977731}}
  • {{cite book| title = From Leopoldville to Lagos : Our African Policy| publisher = Republic of the Congo, Documents Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs| edition = translated| date = 1962| location = Léopoldville| url = https://archive.org/details/FromLeopoldvilleToLagosOurAfricanPolicy| oclc = 31180608}}
  • {{cite book| last = Jadot| first = J. M.| title = Les écrivains africains du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi| publisher = Académie Royale des Sciences Coloniales| date = 1959| location = Brussels| language = fr| url = http://www.kaowarsom.be/documents/MEMOIRES_VERHANDELINGEN/Sciences_morales_politique/Hum.Sc.(NS)_T.XVII,2_JADOT%20J-M._Les%20%C3%A9crivains%20indig%C3%A8nes%20du%20Congo%20belge%20et%20du%20Ruanda-Urundi.%20Une%20histoire-Un%20bilan-Des%20probl%C3%A8mes%20_1959.pdf| oclc = 920174792}}
  • {{cite book| last = Lefever| first = Ernest W.| last2 = Joshua| first2 = Wynfred| title = United Nations Peacekeeping in the Congo: 1960–1964| publisher = Brookings Institution|location= Washington, D.C.| volume = 2 | date = 30 June 1966 | url = http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/711935.pdf|oclc= 631685344}}
  • {{cite book| last = Legum| first = Colin| title = Congo Disaster| publisher = Penguin| date = 1961| url = https://archive.org/details/congodisaster006719mbp| location = Baltimore| oclc = 586629}}
  • {{cite book| last = Meditz| first = Sandra W.| last2 = Merrill| first2 = Tim| title = Zaire : a country study| publisher = Federal Research Division, Library of Congress| date = 1994| location = Washington, D.C.| url = https://www.loc.gov/item/94025092/| lccn = 94025092}}
  • {{cite book| last = Merriam| first = Alan P.| title = Congo: Background of Conflict| publisher = Northwestern University Press| date = 1961| url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.110664| location = Evanston, Illinois| oclc = 424186}}
  • {{cite thesis |last= Mountz|first= William T. |date= May 2014|title= Americanizing Africanization: The Congo Crisis, 1960–1967|type= PhD|publisher= University of Missouri|docket= |oclc=905980182|location = Columbia, Missouri |url= https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10355/44190/research.pdf?sequence=1}}
  • {{cite book| last = O'Brien| first = Conor Cruise| author-link = Conor Cruise O'Brien| title = To Katanga And Back – A UN Case History| publisher = Hutchinson| date = 1962| location = London| url = https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.117581| oclc= 460615937}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Bas-Uele : Pouvoirs locaux et économie agricole : héritages d’un passé brouillé| series = Provinces| date = 2014| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/bas-uele_web.pdf| isbn = 978-9-4916-1586-3}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Équateur : Au cœur de la cuvette congolaise| publisher = Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale| series = Provinces| date = 2016| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/equateur-pdf.pdf| isbn = 978-9-4922-4423-9}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Haut-Katanga : Lorsque richesses économiques et pouvoirs politiques forcent une identité régionale| publisher = Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale| volume = 1 |series = Provinces| date = 2018| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/Haut-Katanga_Tome%201_WEB.pdf| isbn = 978-9-4926-6907-0}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Haut-Katanga : Lorsque richesses économiques et pouvoirs politiques forcent une identité régionale| publisher = Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale| volume = 2|series = Provinces| date = 2018| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/Haut-Katanga_Tome%202_WEB.pdf| isbn = 978-9-4926-6907-0}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Haut-Uele : Trésor| publisher = Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale| series = Provinces| date = 2011| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/haut-uele-pdf.pdf| isbn = 978-9-4926-6907-0}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Kasaï-Oriental : Un nœud gordien dans l’espace congolais| publisher = Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale| series = Provinces| date = 2014| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/kasai-oriental.pdf| isbn = 978-9-4916-1524-5}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Kwango : Le pays des Bana Lunda| publisher = Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale| series = Provinces| date = 2012| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/kwango.pdf| isbn = 978-2-8710-6605-7}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Mai-Ndombe. Mosaïque de peuples établie sur un patrimoine naturel| series = Provinces| date = 2019| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = https://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/vol12_Mai_Ndombe.pdf| isbn = 978-9-4926-6955-1}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Maniema : Espace et vies| publisher = Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale| series = Provinces| date = 2011| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/maniema.pdf| isbn = 978-2-8710-6562-3}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Mongala : Jonction des territoires et bastion d’une identité supra-ethnique| publisher = Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale| series = Provinces| date = 2015| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/mongala.pdf| isbn = 978-9-4922-4416-1}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Sud-Ubangi : Bassins d’eau et espace agricole| series = Provinces| date = 2013| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/sud_ubangi.pdf| isbn = 978-2-87593-014-9}}
  • {{cite book| editor-last = Omasombo Tshonda| editor-first = Jean| title = Tanganyika : Espace fécondé par le lac et le rail| series = Provinces| date = 2014| location = Tervuren| language = French| url = http://www.africamuseum.be/sites/default/files/media/docs/research/publications/rmca/online/monographies-provinces/tanganyika.pdf| isbn = 978-9-4916-1587-0}}
  • {{cite book| last = Omasombo Tshonda| first = Jean| last2 = Verhaegen| first2 = Benoît | title = Patrice Lumumba: acteur politique: de la prison aux portes du pouvoir, juillet 1956-février 1960| publisher = Harmattan| location = Paris| date = 2005| language = French| url = http://livre.prologuenumerique.ca/telechargement/extrait.cfm?ISBN=9782296359475&type=pdf| isbn = 9782747563925}} (Prologue only)
  • {{cite book |last1=Pain |first1=Marc |title=Kinshasa : la ville et la cité |date=1984 |publisher=Editions de l'ORSTOM |location=Paris |isbn=2-7099-0728-3 |url=http://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:15877}}
  • {{cite book| title = The province of the Katanga and Congolese independence| publisher = Republic of the Congo, Documents Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs| date = 1962| location = Léopoldville| url = https://archive.org/details/TheProvinceOfTheKatangaAndCongoleseIndependence| oclc = 25943688}}
  • {{cite book| last = Stenmans| first = A.| title = Les Premiers Mois de la République du Congo (Léopoldville) (1er juillet-22 novembre 1960). Relation coordonnée des événements et réflexions d'ordre général| publisher = Académie Royale des Sciences d'Outre-Mer| date = 1961| location = Brussels| language = French| url = http://www.kaowarsom.be/documents/MEMOIRES_VERHANDELINGEN/Sciences_morales_politique/Hum.Sc.(NS)_T.XXV,3_STENMANS%20A._Les%20premiers%20mois%20de%20la%20R%C3%A9publique%20du%20Congo%20(L%C3%A9opoldville)_1961.pdf| oclc = 2128926}}
  • {{cite book| last = Tödt| first = Daniel| title = The Lumumba Generation: African Bourgeoisie and Colonial Distinction in the Belgian Congo| publisher = Walter de Gruyter GmbH| date = 2021| location = Berlin| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=vQVGEAAAQBAJ| isbn = 9783110709308}}{{open access}}
  • {{cite book| last = Tshombe| first = Moïse| author-link = Moïse Tshombe| title = My Fifteen Months in Government| publisher = University of Plano Press| edition = translated| date = 1967| location = Plano| url = https://archive.org/details/MyFifteenYearsInGovernmentMoiseTshombe1967103pgsPOL.sml| oclc = 461806488}}

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= Photos =

  • [https://www.flickr.com/photos/monusco/ MONUSCO Photos] – MONUSCO Flickr account, all photos licensed with Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
  • [https://www.flickr.com/photos/radiookapi/ Radio Okapi Photos] – Radio Okapi Flickr account (no longer updated), all photos licensed with Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

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