Belgium controlled the Congo Basin area from about 1880 until 1960
The Democratic Republic of Congo was a Belgium colony. The Republic of Congo was a France colony.
Belgium had ruled the Congo since the early 1900's. Previously King Leopold ruled it as a personal fief.
The Belgian government controlled the country from 1908, when Leopold the Second, King of Belgium, was forced by international opinion to give up 'his' land, until 1960, when the country gained it's independence. France controlled the other Congo- Congo-Brazzaville.
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Used to be the personal property of the King of the Belgians!
The Democratic Republic of Congo of today was a Belgium colony.The Republic of Congo of today was a France colony.What_European_country_controlled_the_Africa_Congo_before_world_war_2
Marianne Eggerickx was born on May 3, 1950, in Leopoldville, Belgian Congo [now Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo].
Mweze Ngangura was born on October 7, 1950, in Bukavu, Congo.
EUROPE
Tibet has been controlled by the People's Republic of China since the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1950.
To set up a Colony controlled personally by himself. Through this he could exploit the territory for his personal advantage.