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unusual facts about DR Congo



Chembe

Chembe is a small town in Milenge District of the Luapula Province of Zambia, which owes its existence to being the site of the Chembe Ferry across the Luapula River dividing Zambia and the Congo Pedicle territory of DR Congo.

Nchelenge

In 2001 a large motorised barge was launched to carry trucks laden with concentrated copper ore from the Dikulushi Mine in DR Congo across Lake Mweru to Nchelenge, from where they travel to Namibia.

Stephanos of Tallinn

Metropolitan Stephanos was born Christakis Charalambides in Bukavu, Belgian Congo (now DR Congo).

Tim Butcher

In 2007 he published Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart, an account of his 2004 journey through DR Congo overland from Lake Tanganyika and down the Congo River, following the route of Henry Morton Stanley's 1874–77 trans-Africa expedition.


see also

Banza

Jean-Kasongo Banza (born 1974), retired professional football player from the DR Congo

Bralima Brewery

From 1950 to 1958 Bralima decided to keep on five breweries in DR Congo: Kinshasa, Boma, Bukavu, Kisangani and Mbandaka.

HIV/AIDS in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

According to UNAIDS, several factors fuel the spread of HIV in the DR Congo, including movement of large numbers of refugees and soldiers, scarcity and high cost of safe blood transfusions in rural areas, a lack of counseling, few HIV testing sites, high levels of untreated sexually transmitted infections among sex workers and their clients, and low availability of condoms outside Kinshasa and one or two provincial capitals.

Mpenza

Mbo Mpenza, Belgian international footballer of DR Congo descent, brother of Émile

Émile Mpenza, Belgian international footballer of DR Congo descent, brother of Mbo

Thomas Ulimwengu

After Ulimwengu's 18th birthday in the summer of 2011, there was much speculation as to where he would sign for the 2011-12 football season, and the striker was linked to a number of clubs including TP Mazembe in the DR Congo Premier League, AS Monaco in Ligue 1 and Hamburger SV in the Bundesliga.

Trans-Caprivi highway

An example of the function of the corridor as a trade route is that trucks carry copper ore concentrate from the Dikulushi Mine in South-East DR Congo across Zambia and down the Trans-Caprivi highway to the copper smelter at Tsumeb in Namibia.