Sentence examples for French Congo from inspiring English sources
proper noun
The original French colony established in the present-day area of the Republic of the Congo, Gabon and the Central African Republic (1880 - 1910), which later became French Equatorial Africa.
French Congo, French Congo Français, French possessions in Equatorial Africa from 1897 until 1910, when the colonies of Gabon, Middle Congo (Moyen-Congo), and Ubangi-Shari-Chad were federated under the name Afrique Équatoriale Française (AEF).
The New Yorker, January 13 , 1962P. 20 Talk story about La Republique du Congo (Brazzaville), formerly the French Congo, which gained independence in 1958.
Indeed, these populations did experience epidemic syphilis, when they were recruited to cities, and when social disruption due to colonial practices entered deep in the yaws-riddled forests (e.g., in the networks of posts in the Ogooué (Gabon) and Sangha (French Congo) riversides, in the Équateur province (Belgian Congo), and in southern Cameroon [47], [54], [57] [59]).
Thereafter, the term French Congo was used to designate the Middle Congo, until it became the Congo Republic (1959; now the Republic of the Congo).
Near Stanley (now Malebo) Pool, on the Congo, he signed treaties establishing a French protectorate of the region that in 1891 became the French Congo.
The one thing to avoid, unless you want people who care about such things to give you a look composed of, consisting of and comprising mingled pity and contempt, is "comprised of" Concord town in Massachusetts; Concorde plane confidant male; confidante female congestion charge Congo-Brazzaville also known as the Republic of the Congo, it was the colony of French Congo until independence in 1960.
Creole is historically connected to other languages — French and the Niger-Congo family — but this is true of all languages.
Congo made it to the quarter-finals under French coach Claude LeRoy, formerly coach of DR Congo, and previously disqualified Equatorial Guinea made it to the semi-finals against the odds.
On 19 March, one day before a presidential election in Congo-Brazzaville, the French newspaper Libération published an article warning of the danger of a bloodbath.
On February 12 , 2006 the London Sunday Times reported that Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the President of Congo-Brazzaville, another former French colony in central Africa, had spent more than three hundred thousand dollars on hotel rooms during a visit to New York for a U.N. General Assembly session.
To reflect its changing status, the force changed its name from the UN Organisation Mission in DR Congo - known by its French acronym Monuc - to the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission - Monusco.
