A whistleblower, a patriotic military commander, a mineral dealer, and a displaced tailor share a glimpse of life amid Africa’s longest continuing conflict. Democratic Republic of Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo, country located in central Africa.Officially known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country has a 25-mile (40-km) coastline on the Atlantic Ocean but is otherwise landlocked. It seemed an opportune time for the release of photographer-turned filmmaker Daniel McCabe’s long-awaited documentary This is Congo. And anyone who knows anything about the tumultuous, war-torn country would understand that from the get-go. It is the second largest country on the continent; only Algeria is larger. This is Congo is a highly-immersive, unfiltered look into one of the longest conflicts in the world. STORY . The Republic of the Congo was established on 28 November 1958 and gained independence from France in 1960. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) recently marked its 58th independence anniversary—and still awaits the first peaceful transfer of power in its history. This is Congo is an ambitious project. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen more than five million conflict-related deaths, multiple regime changes and the wholesale impoverishment of its people in the past two decades. “This Is Congo” is not an easy documentary to watch. The Congo River is the second longest river in Africa after the Nile, and has the continent's greatest discharge. Congo was formerly part of the French colony of Equatorial Africa. Over the last two decades, the Democratic Republic of Congo has seen more than 5 million conflict-related deaths, multiple changes of government, and the wholesale impoverishment of its people. As a waterway it provides a means of transport for much of the Congo basin; it is navigable for river barges between Kinshasa and Kisangani ; many of its tributaries are also navigable. It was a Marxist–Leninist state from 1969 to 1992, under the name People's Republic of the Congo. The capital, Kinshasa, is located on the Congo River about 320 miles (515 km) from its mouth. Congo needs to get to that place, but the real lynchpin is that the Congolese need to do it themselves. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is one such a place, a mineral-rich Central African country that, over the last two decades, has seen more than five million conflict-related deaths, multiple regime changes and the wholesale impoverishment of its people. The latest Tweets from This Is Congo (@This_Is_Congo). In the midst of the most recent cycle of conflict in the DRC, four Congolese share their perspectives on the complicated terrain that has shaped their lives. 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