| KINSHASA | The capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (8) |
| DRAMATIC | Exciting old violin found in Democratic Republic of Congo? (8) |
| OKAPI | Closest living relative of the giraffe, native to forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo (5) |
| ZAIRE | Former name of the Democratic Republic of Congo |
| BELGIANCONGO | Former name, from 1908-1960, of the Democratic Republic of Congo (7,5) |
| FAIRDEAL | The principles of the Democratic party under the leadership of US President Harry S. Truman (4,4) |
| LUALABA | River of the Democratic Republic of the Congo; a headstream of the Congo River (7) |
| UBANGI | Major river of Central Africa which forms the border between the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo (6) |
| KASAIRIVER | The 2153km long river that forms the border of Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (5,5) |
| PATRICELUMUMBA | Pan-Africanist who served as the first Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| MATADI | Chief port of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (6) |
| MWERU | Lake in central Africa on the border between Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo, mainly fed by the Luapula River (5) |
| SAOTOME | Island in the Gulf of Guinea that forms part of the Democratic Republic of ... ... e Principe (3,4) |
| ARUWIMI | River in the NE Democratic Republic of Congo that rises near Lake Albert as the Ituri (7) |
| CHOKWE | Ethnic group of Central Africa found in Angola, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Namibia |
| BONOBO | A small chimpanzee found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (6) |
| HOCHI | Adopted name of Nguyen Sinh Cung, first president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (2,3) |
| MINH | Adopted name of Nguyen Sinh Cung, first president (1945-1969) of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (4) |
| TANGANYIKA | Lake ---, a lake in central Africa between Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of Congo (10) |
| EBOLA | Virus named after a river in Democratic Republic of Congo (5) |
