The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a former Belgian colony in Africa.
In 1908 Belgium , despite initial reluctance , formally annexed the Free State from Leopold , which became the Belgian Congo .	Belgian Congo	Belgian Congo	Belgium	Belgium
The Belgian Congo -LRB- Congo Belge , Belgisch-Congo -RRB- was a Belgian colony in Central Africa between 1908 and 1960 in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo -LRB- DRC -RRB- .	Belgian colony	Belgian colonial empire	Central Africa	Central Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Democratic Republic of the Congo
