Wikipedia:WikiProject Democratic Republic of the Congo

Welcome to the WikiProject Democratic Republic of the Congo! This group was formed to better organize articles on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a spirit of cooperation.

Scope
This group includes within its scope all articles related to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, its cities, geography, transportation, culture, history and so on. It aims to expand Wikipedia's resources on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in a fair and accurate manner. All of these articles should be contained within the Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo or one of its subcategories. This Project intends to cover an area that traditionally is low on Wikipedia's radar (See WP:Countering systematic bias). Please improve by joining and contributing.

Our mission


Like our WikiProject Africa brethren, we have before us a large task: filling in the gap on Wikipedia concerning all things Congolese. This is probably one of the more difficult country-topics to maintain; the Congo is one of largest and most diverse African states, and has been in a state of instability since 1997.

The advantage? A clean slate. WikiProject DRC members have considerable latitude to create, edit, and revise relevant articles without the disruption of conjecture additions, unduly weighted material, or in-general unhelpful good faith edits (though some of our higher profile articles do suffer from this e.g. Patrice Lumumba). The French Wikipedia is a good place to start when looking for holes to fix. Just about all areas of the project are open to improvement.

Active members
To join WikiProject Democratic Republic of the Congo, edit this section and add the Wikitext   with your areas of interest to the bottom of the following list of members. Members should also place member identification on their user page.
 * 1) Francis Hannaway Francis Hannaway 21:06, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
 * 2) Brigade Piron (talk) 19:14, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * 3) Славянский патриот (talk) 04:40, 20 May 2014 (UTC)
 * 4) Jackninja5 (talk) 02:08, 1 February 2015 (UTC) The Democratic Republic of the Congo has become very interesting to me now. I never call it simply "Congo". The Second Congo War gets my attention because for some reason I make a lot of edits about wars.
 * 5) Indy beetle (talk) 00:57, 23 September 2016 (UTC) Anything revolving around the Congo Crisis.
 * 6) Monopoly31121993 (talk) 13:18, 27 December 2016 (UTC) Mostly categories on Commons images related to DRC and DRC transportation edits on Wikipedia.
 * 7) Dubito, ergo cogito, ergo sum (talk) 21:20, 30 September 2017 (UTC)
 * 07:30:48, 15 October 2018 (UTC) Whatever they say, DRC is still my country.
 * 1) AmplifyWiki (talk)
 * 2) CBJH (talk) 19:59, 26 October 2020 (UTC): Mostly Congolese political history from 1960 to 1997
 * 3) capitainAfrika
 * 4) Aegeou2 22:12:49, 16 December 2020 (UTC)
 * 5) A.S. Brown, History and culture.
 * 16:27:03, 18 June 2022 (UTC), History and politics.
 * 1) Modern political and military history and culture
 * 21:21:55, 4 October 2023 (UTC) Cultures, history and religions of the precolonial Kongo region; also interested in improving stub articles and creating templates

Former members
Thank you for your help! Please move your username back to the active list when you can participate again.
 * 1) John Carter 18:09, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Congolese 05:49, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) MinnesotanConfederacy 14:55, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
 * 4) --Toussaint 17:20, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * 5) Gniniv (talk)  08:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 6) The Malau (talk)  08:48, 9 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 7) Julia Barrow (talk) 17:09, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
 * 8) NhInsideWriter (talk) 03:50, 19 August 2014 (UTC)

Member identification
Members of WikiProject Democratic Republic of the Congo should place one of the following lines of Wikitext on their user page to add it to .

For other Democratic Republic of the Congo user templates, see .

Article requests

 * History: Red Rubber (book); Ten-Year Plan (Belgian Congo); Operation Morthor (redirect); Pende revolt; Thirty-Year Plan for the Political Emancipation of Belgian Africa, 1969 Democratic Republic of the Congo student protests; Coup monté et manqué (1975); Service territorial; Kongolo martyrs (1961); Comité national du Kivu; Commando Hibou (aka Régiment Baki); Se Kukianga (Kikongo newspaper, founded 1891); Minsamu Miayenge (Kikongo newspaper, founded 1893); American Presbyterian Congo Mission
 * Geography: Grand Marché de Kinshasa; Jardin botanique de Kinshasa; Land reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Lubumbashi synagogue; National parks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Palais de Marbre, Kinshasa; Sona-Bata;
 * Politics: Alliance des Bayanzi; Law of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; 31st Airborne Brigade (Zaire)
 * Arts and Culture: Lendu people (redirect); Kumu people and a number of missing ethnic groups here; Official University of the Congo; Literature of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (redirect); Ngando (Le Crocodile); Lebanese people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Foire Internationale de Kinshasa; Architecture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Institute of National Museums of the Congo (Institut des musées nationaux du Congo, IMNC); Fédération d'Athlétisme du Congo
 * Biography: Jean-Luc Vellut; Mwissa Camus; Marie Muilu Kiwanga; Daniel Ndeze Rugabo II; Kassim Tajideen; Bruce Fetter (historian)

Photo requests
You can post your image requests on the list here, and on the talk page(s) of the subject(s) with this text: Requests should be added on the Wikimedia Commons (Commons:Commons:Picture requests). Please also post them at fr:Wikipédia:Atelier photographique on the French Wikipedia. If you do not know French, you can ask someone at fr:Wikipédia:Bistro_des_non-francophones/en to help you.

Requests for expansion

 * History: Compagnie du Katanga; Compagnie du Kasai
 * Geography: Rail transport in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Aketi (town)
 * Politics: Crime in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Arts and Culture: Makere people; Mayogo people; Lele people; Suku people; Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Biography: Mama Mobutu

Useful templates

 * Template:Family name hatnote

Web sources

 * Congo Nouveau – National news website
 * Media Congo – National news website
 * KinshasaTimes – National news website
 * KongoTimes.info – National news website
 * Times.cd – National news website
 * 7sur7.cd – National news website
 * Scoop RDC – National news website
 * LeCongolais – National and African news website
 * Groupe de Presse l'Avenir – National media company
 * Digital Congo – National news website, republishes stories from Congolese newspapers
 * Le Phare – Kinshasa-based national newspaper
 * Le Potentiel – Kinshasa-based national newspaper
 * Congo Indépendant – National newspaper
 * Le Soft International – National and international newspaper
 * La Prosperite – National news journal
 * Business et Finances – National business news journal
 * Politico.cd – National political news magazine
 * Virgunga Mountains Observer – Eastern Congo regional newsletter, focus on human rights
 * Radio Okapi – National radio network, sponsored by MONUSCO
 * RTVS1 Redaction – Kinshasa-based radio station
 * Agence congolaise de presse (ACP) – Government press agency
 * Journal Officiel de la République Démocratique du Congo – Government gazette
 * Présidence de la République Démocratique du Congo – Official website for the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Assemblée nationale – Official website for the National Assembly
 * Sénat – Official website for the Senate
 * CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE – The World Factbook entry on the Congo
 * The World Bank in DRC – World Bank website section on the Congo
 * Centre Æquatoria – Belgian research center focused on the Équateur region
 * Kongo Central – Government website for the Province of Kongo Central
 * Province du Sud-Kivu – Government website for the Province of Sud-Kivu
 * UKE.be – Website of the Union Kasaienne de l'Extérieur, focused on the Kasai region (no longer updated)
 * Jeune Afrique | RD Congo – Jeune Afrique section on the Congo
 * | The Guardian – Congo – The Guardian articles tagged for the Congo
 * Reuters – DRC News – Reuters articles tagged for the Congo
 * NPR : Democratic Republic of the Congo – National Public Radio articles tagged for the Congo
 * UN News – DRC – United Nations news articles tagged for the Congo

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Photos

 * MONUSCO Photos – MONUSCO Flickr account, all photos licensed with Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 2.0)
 * Radio Okapi Photos – Radio Okapi Flickr account (no longer updated), all photos licensed with Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0)

Templates
Please see WikiProject Africa for assessment information.


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Awards
Post the text below to award users who make stellar contributions to Congo-related articles.