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The French Congo was sometimes known as Gabon-Congo. [3] It formally added Gabon on in 1891, [ 1 ] was officially renamed Middle Congo (French: Moyen-Congo ) in 1903, was temporarily divorced from Gabon in 1906, and was then reunited as French Equatorial Africa in 1910 in an attempt to emulate the relative success of French West Africa .
In 1961, France sent colonel Roger Trinquier to support the coup d'etat of Mobutu Sese Seko. [1]Valéry Giscard d'Estaing decided to send the French Army to Zaïre in 1977 to help Mobutu, whose régime threatened to crumble before rebels of the Congolese National Liberation Front in the Shaba I war.
Following independence, France and Congo maintained a continuing but somewhat subdued relationship, with France offering a variety of cultural, educational, and economic assistance. The principal element in the French-Congolese relationship was the highly successful oil sector investment of the French petroleum parastatal Elf-Aquitaine (now ...
In the late 19th century France colonised the region and incorporated it into French Equatorial Africa. [3] The Republic of the Congo was established on 28 November 1958 and gained independence from France in 1960. It was a Marxist–Leninist state from 1969 to 1992, under the name People's Republic of the Congo (PRC).
French Congo. "Mr. Ferrière's Rubber Plantation, settler on the Léfini". In the foreground, rubber trunks and workers in the background, c. 1905. In an attempt to develop the French Congo the government of France divided the territory in concessions for companies to develop. These several dozen companies controlled huge swaths of land, but ...
French Congo (Congo français, 1882–1903) Moyen-Congo or Middle Congo (1903–1958), part of French Equatorial Africa between 1910 and 1958; The Republic of the Congo from 1958, independent since 1960; Moyen-Congo Province (1962–1966), a former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, part of the larger Équateur province
The French Congo (1882−1960) – a French colony, becoming part of French Equatorial Africa in 1910. It was later called Moyen-Congo , and then the Republic of the Congo from 1958, under which name it became independent from France in 1960.
French people of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent (2 C, 24 P) Pages in category "Democratic Republic of the Congo–France relations" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.