Voyage au nord (partie 1) : Brazzaville à Léfini
8 aventuriers partent passer quelques jours au nord du Congo. Leur destination : Bétou, à la frontière de la RDC et non loin de la RCA. Chemin faisant ils vont emprunter la route nationale N2 qui traverse les villes principales du nord : Gamboma, Oyo, Owando, Ouesso et qui passe à proximité des parcs nationaux de la Léfini, Odzala-Kokoua et Nouabalé-Ndoki. Plus au nord, le goudron fait place aux pistes forestières où les grumiers sont les maîtres de la route.
Partie 1 : nous quittons Brazzaville de bon matin et empruntons les routes connues jusqu'à Ignié (PK45) que nos abonnés connaissent bien car c'est le trajet pour rejoindre Maty.
Plus loin, nous croisons les accès des réserves de gorilles de la Lésio-Louna aux abords de la Léfini qui ont fait l'objet de récentes vidéos.
Notre première partie s'achève sur le pont traversant la Léfini, séparant le Pool des Plateaux, la montagne d'Ekoti ya monseigneur étant visible au loin.
map of the Republic of the Congo [ Africa ]
The Republic of the Congo (audio speaker iconpronunciation (help·info) French: République du Congo, Kituba: Repubilika ya Kôngo), also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply either Congo or the Congo, is a country located in the western coast of Central Africa. The country is bordered to the west by Gabon, to its northwest by Cameroon and its northeast by the Central African Republic, to the southeast by the DR Congo, to its south by the Angolan exclave of Cabinda and to its southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. French is the official language of the Republic of the Congo.
The region was dominated by 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 colony of Equatorial Africa. 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. The sovereign state has had multi-party elections since 1992, although a democratically elected government was ousted in the 1997 Republic of the Congo Civil War, and President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who first came to power in 1979, has now ruled for over 4 decades.
The Republic of the Congo is a member of the African Union, the United Nations, La Francophonie, the Economic Community of Central African States, and the Non-Aligned Movement. It has become the fourth-largest oil producer in the Gulf of Guinea, providing the country with a degree of prosperity despite political and economic instability in some areas and unequal distribution of oil revenue nationwide. Congo's economy is heavily dependent on the oil sector, and economic growth has slowed considerably since the post-2015 drop in oil prices. With a population of 5.2 million, 88.5% of the country practices Christianity. The Republic of the Congo is divided into 12 départements (departments). Departments are divided into communes and districts.[44] These are:
Bouenza
Brazzaville
Cuvette
Cuvette-Ouest
Kouilou
Lékoumou
Likouala
Niari
Plateaux
Pointe-Noire
Pool
Sangha
Military
Main article: Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo
The Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo (French: Forces armées de la République du Congo), also less formally denoted as the Forces armées congolaises or its acronym FAC, are the military forces of the Republic of the Congo. They consist of the Congolese Army, the Congolese Air Force, the Congolese Marine (Navy), and the Congolese National Gendarmerie.
Human rights
Main article: Human rights in the Republic of the Congo
Many Pygmies belong from birth to Bantus in a relationship many refer to as slavery.[45][46] The Congolese Human Rights Observatory says that the Pygmies are treated as property in the same way as pets.[45] On 30 December 2010, the Congolese parliament adopted a law to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples.[clarification needed] This law is the first of its kind in Africa, and its adoption is a historic development for indigenous peoples on the continent.[47][needs update]
Media
Main article: Media of the Republic of the Congo
In 2008, the primary media were owned by the government, but privately run forms of media were being created. There are one government-owned television station and around 10 small private television channels.
Geography
Main article: Geography of the Republic of the Congo
The Republic of the Congo has a wide variety of natural landscapes, ranging from the savanna plains in the North Niari flooded forests, to the vast Congo River, to the rugged mountains and forests of Mayombe, and 170 km of beaches along the Atlantic coast.[48]
Climate diagram for Brazzaville
Congo is located in the central-western part of sub-Saharan Africa, along the Equator, lying between latitudes 4°N and 5°S, and longitudes 11° and 19°E. To the south and east of it is the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also bounded by Gabon to the west, Cameroon and the Central African Republic to the north, and Cabinda (Angola) to the southwest. It has a short coast on the Atlantic Ocean. mapa de Republica del Congo , Kongo
Investiture of the customary chief of Nkala, a teke village of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Chronicles of the Northern Bateke, Bolobo territory, DRC
That day of August 2019, the village of Nkala in the Democratic Republic of Congo (province of Mai-Ndombe) receives the customary chiefs of the Northern Bateke chiefdom for the investiture of Gaspard Kindzoma, promoted chief following the death of his brother few years before. Among the Tio people (belonging to the Teke ethnolinguistic family), the customary chiefs (chefs de terre or mfumu), as the moral and political authority are the guardiens of the customs (la coutume), and also have a strong bond with the invisible world.
The ceremony takes place in the company of Teke notables, old men respected for their knowledge. The investiture begins with a ritual in a forest space, where the chief is dressed in his most beautiful red clothes, the color of the teke chiefs. The Nzimi, a kind of griot, begins a song that praises the life of the leader and his ancestors.
Camera, sound, editing : Romain Duda
Special acknowledgment to the NGO Mbou-Mon-Tour and its wonderful work in this area for local development, community conservation and preservation of the bonobos habitats:
République démocratique du Congo Bergers / Congo Shepherd
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