Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the Red Cross member organization for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] It was admitted to the IFRC in 1963. An unrelated earlier Red Cross society had existed in the Congo Free State under King Leopold II of Belgium's rule, and disbanded in 1909. [2]

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References

  1. "Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of the Congo". International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  2. Dromi, Shai M. (2020). Above the fray: The Red Cross and the making of the humanitarian NGO sector. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. p. 84. ISBN   9780226680101.