Background:
Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government installed in 1992. A brief civil war in 1997 restored former Marxist President Sassou-Nguesso.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000 and the U.S. Department of State website. Not Wikified.
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