The word "congo" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used as an adjective referring to something or someone from or associated with the Republic of the Congo. For example, "This event supports Congo's economic development."
Our goal is to map Baraka, a city of 120,000 in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It has swelled in size as residents who fled the recent war in the Congo start to return, to take up work in trade, fishing and gold mining, which is beginning to kick off in earnest.
Mass killings of Tutsis, expressly ordered by the Congolese president, Laurent Kabila, have occurred in western and eastern Congo.
Concern is mounting that British aid money may be funding programmes for police who are using rape as a tool of state-sanctioned torture against women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
DfID has committed to spending 30% of its budget in fragile states, splashing out£3.4bn on state-building, health and education in 28 countries that have been affected by conflict and humanitarian disasters, including Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia, from 2014-15.
Together with the World Bank, the AfDB is backing the huge Inga III dam project on the river Congo, about 143 miles downstream of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
"We went in Congo to pursue rebels, we were not the only people in Congo".
Further, a US-trained battalion in the Democratic Republic of Congo was denounced by the United Nations for committing mass rapes.
"I think they recognize that they are people from California coming in, they don't understand the Congo context immediately and all the facts, but I think since they've come into Congo and CAR they've worked to make sure they don't move too quickly".
Revolving door alternations between civilian and military rule continued in countries ranging from Nigeria to Burundi, Chad to Congo.
The Congo team, arriving in Equatorial Guinea for the Africa Cup of Nations, have been forced to search for accommodation because of a shortage of rooms for players and staff.
