Countries

Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo stretches from a short Atlantic coastline to the Congo River, with dense rainforest across much of the north. Independent from France since 1960, it depends heavily on offshore oil, its main export.

A still, dark channel winding through dense flooded rainforest in the Republic of the Congo

Flooded forest in the north

Photo: JosepMGracia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Green for the forests and farmland, yellow for friendship and the nation's wealth, red for the struggle for independence. First adopted in 1959 and restored in 1991.

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