DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Historic Milestones in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013—Minister of Education directs schools to stop unlawfully expelling Witness students
MAY 17, 1997—Country adopts the name the Democratic Republic of the Congo
JANUARY 8, 1993—Supreme Court annuls presidential ban, ruling it unlawful
MARCH 12, 1986—President bans Jehovah’s Witnesses
APRIL 30, 1980—Government reregisters the Witnesses’ legal entity, Les Témoins de Jéhovah
DECEMBER 1971—Government revokes the Witnesses’ legal registration
OCTOBER 27, 1971—Government changes country name to the Republic of Zaire
JUNE 9, 1966—Government registers the Witnesses’ legal entity, Les Témoins de Jéhovah
1962—Witnesses establish a branch office in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa)
JUNE 30, 1960—Republic of Congo becomes an independent nation
JANUARY 20, 1949—Watch Tower Society banned in Belgian Congo
1940’s—First group of Jehovah’s Witnesses organizes for worship in Belgian Congo