The **Democratic Republic of the Congo** (or **DR Congo**,
the **DRC**, **DROC**, **Congo-Kinshasa**, or simply the **Congo**) is
a [failed state](Failed_State "wikilink") in Central Africa bordering
the [Republic of the Congo](Republic_of_the_Congo "wikilink"),
[Angola](Angola "wikilink"), [Zambia](Zambia "wikilink"),
[Tanzania](Tanzania "wikilink"), [Burundi](Burundi "wikilink"),
[Rwanda](Rwanda "wikilink"), [Uganda](Uganda "wikilink"), [South
Sudan](South_Sudan "wikilink") and the [Central African
Republic](Central_African_Republic "wikilink").