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Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Glossary

The national flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (drapeau de la république démocratique du Congo) is a sky blue flag, adorned with a yellow star in the upper left canton and cut diagonally by a red stripe with a yellow fimbriation.^[1]

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Flags introduced in 2006
National symbols of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Authenticité (Zaire)

Authenticité, sometimes Zairisation or Zairianisation in English, was an official state ideology of the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko that originated in the late 1960s and early 1970s in what was first the Democratic Republic of Congo, later renamed Zaire.

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Belgian Congo

The Belgian Congo (Congo belge,; Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960 and became the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).

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Berlin Conference

The Berlin Conference of 1884–1885 met on 15 November 1884 and, after an adjournment, concluded on 26 February 1885 with the signature of a General Act, by Keith, Arthur Berriedale, 1919, p. 52.

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Christian Malanga

Christian Malanga Musumari (2 January 1983 – 19 May 2024), was a Congolese-American, Die Zeit, 20 May 2024 politician, businessman, and military officer.

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CMYK color model

The CMYK color model (also known as process color, or four color) is a subtractive color model, based on the CMY color model, used in color printing, and is also used to describe the printing process itself.

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Congo Crisis

The Congo Crisis (Crise congolaise) was a period of political upheaval and conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

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Congo Free State

The Congo Free State, also known as the Independent State of the Congo (État indépendant du Congo), was a large state and absolute monarchy in Central Africa from 1885 to 1908.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, Congo-Zaire, or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country in Central Africa.

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Emblem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The national emblem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has changed several times since 1997. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and emblem of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are national symbols of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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First Congo War

The First Congo War, also nicknamed Africa's First World War, was a civil war and international military conflict which lasted from 24 October 1996 to 16 May 1997 and took place mostly in Zaire (which was renamed the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the process), with major spillovers into Sudan and Uganda.

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Flag of Brunei

The flag of Brunei has a centered emblem of Brunei on a yellow field cut by black and white diagonal stripes (parallelograms at an angle). Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and flag of Brunei are national flags.

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Flag of Namibia

The flag of Namibia consists of a red diagonal band edged in two white bands with a blue upper triangle charged with an 12-ray yellow sun and green lower triangle. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and flag of Namibia are flags of Africa and national flags.

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Flag of Tanzania

The flag of Tanzania (bendera ya Tanzania) consists of a Gold-edged black diagonal band, divided diagonally from the lower hoist-side corner, with a green upper triangle and light blue lower triangle. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and flag of Tanzania are flags of Africa and national flags.

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Flag of Trinidad and Tobago

The flag of Trinidad and Tobago was adopted upon independence from the United Kingdom on 31 August 1962. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and flag of Trinidad and Tobago are national flags.

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Flags of Africa

These are the various flags of Africa.

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Free Republic of the Congo

The Free Republic of the Congo (République Libre du Congo), often referred to as Congo-Stanleyville, was a short-lived rival government to the Republic of the Congo (Congo-Léopoldville) based in the eastern Congo and led by Antoine Gizenga.

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Glossary of vexillology

Flag terminology is the nomenclature, or system of terms, used in vexillology, the study of flags, to describe precisely the parts, patterns, and other attributes of flags and their display.

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Hexadecimal

In mathematics and computing, the hexadecimal (also base-16 or simply hex) numeral system is a positional numeral system that represents numbers using a radix (base) of sixteen.

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International African Association

The International African Association (in full, "International Association for the Exploration and Civilization of Central Africa"; in French Association Internationale Africaine, and in full Association Internationale pour l'Exploration et la Civilisation de l'Afrique Centrale) was a front organization established by the guests at the Brussels Geographic Conference of 1876, an event hosted by King Leopold II of Belgium.

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Leopold II of Belgium

Leopold II (Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor; Leopold Lodewijk Filips Maria Victor; 9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was the second King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909, and the founder and sole owner of the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908.

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List of flags of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

This is a list of flags used by the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its antecedents. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and list of flags of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are national symbols of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga (born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the 1st and only President of Zaire from 1971 to 1997.

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National flag

A national flag is a flag that represents and symbolizes a given nation. Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and national flag are national flags.

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Pantone

Pantone LLC (stylized as PANTONE) is an American limited liability company headquartered in Carlstadt, New Jersey, and best known for its Pantone Matching System (PMS), a proprietary color space used in a variety of industries, notably graphic design, fashion design, product design, printing, and manufacturing and supporting the management of color from design to production, in physical and digital formats, among coated and uncoated materials, cotton, polyester, nylon and plastics.

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Popular Movement of the Revolution

The Popular Movement of the Revolution (Mouvement Populaire de la Révolution, abbr. MPR) was the ruling political party in Zaire (known for part of its existence as the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

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President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Président de la République démocratique du Congo, Rais wa Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Lingala: Mokonzi wa Republíki ya Kongó Demokratíki) is the head of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and commander-in-chief of the armed forces.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo

Also known as Flag of Congo-Kinshasa, Flag of DR Congo, Flag of DRC, Flag of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Flag of Zaïre, Flag of the DR Congo, Flag of the DRC, Zaire flag, .