The Democratic Republic of the Congo, also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or formerly Zaire, is a country in Central Africa and the second-largest country in Africa by land area. King Leopold II of Belgium acquired rights to the Congo territory in 1885 and called it the Congo Free State, which became a Belgian colony in 1908 after international pressure over widespread atrocities. Congo achieved independence from Belgium in 1960 and was immediately confronted by secessionist movements, the assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, and the seizure of power by Mobutu Sese Seko in 1965.
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