Congo Politics
FIRST CONGO FREE VOTE IN 40 YEARS
Congo held its first national democratic poll in 40 years on Sunday but pockets of violence marred the vote on a new constitution aimed at ending decades of dictatorship, war and chaos.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/12/18...reut/index.html
In 1482, Diogo Cão, a Portuguese navigator, became the first European to visit the Congo.