onsdag 9 januari 2019

The history of DR Congo

The results from the elections in DR Congo has not been declared yet and the tensions are rising in the country.

To understand the current political situation it could be interresting to take a look at the history of DR Congo. From the colonial times where king Leopold of Belgium treated the country (then known as the Congo Free State) as his own personal property, the assasination of prime minister Patrice Lumumba, the dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko to today´s political climate. Take a look at the video below from Crash Course World History.


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