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The region was dominated by [[Bantu peoples|Bantu]]-speaking tribes at least 3,000 years ago, who built trade links leading into the [[Congo River]] basin. Congo was formerly part of the [[French colonial empire|French colony]] of [[French Equatorial Africa|Equatorial Africa]].<ref name="CIA">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/congo-republic-of-the/ |title=Congo, Republic of the |publisher=CIA – The World Factbook |access-date=30 May 2007 |archive-date=9 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109222956/https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/congo-republic-of-the |url-status=live }}</ref> 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). The country has had multi-party elections since 1992, but a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 [[Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–99)|Republic of the Congo Civil War]]. President [[Denis Sassou Nguesso]], who first came to power in 1979, ruled until 1992 and then again since after his reinstatement.
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