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8 unusual facts about Democratic Republic of the Congo


Bel'ange Epako

He was also summoned to play with the U-17 and U-20 of the Congo.

Clypeobarbus schoutedeni

Clypeobarbus schoutedeni is a species of cyprinid fish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it is only known from the Dungu River.

Dongo conflict

The Dongo conflict is an armed conflict centered in Dongo, on the left bank of the Ubangi River in the Kungu territory of Sud-Ubangi District, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Gory Gopela

Over 800 immigrants are living in the commune, some of them aid workers from countries such as France, USA and Hong Kong but also people from Gabon, Libya and Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kirundu

Kirundu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a settlement on the right bank of the Lualaba River

Lesula

The lesula lives in rainforests in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with the 2007 specimen found in captivity in the village of Opala.

Opala

Opala, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a territory in the Tshopo Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pepa

Pepa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a village in northeastern Katanga province with a population around 4,000


2008 Congo football riots

On Sunday 14 September 2008, a riot broke out in connection with a football game in Butembo, province of Nord-Kivu, in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

2013 Bukavu Mi-8 crash

Bukavu Mi-8 crash occurred on March 9, 2013, when a Mil Mi-8 helicopter with Russian crew crashed near Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo which resulted in the death of the four Russian crew members.

Adolphe Muzito cabinet

The Adolphe Muzito cabinet consists of the Ministers of State, Ministers and Vice-Ministers that form the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo under Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, who took office on 10 October 2008.

African Metals Corporation

African Metals Corporation (AMC) is a junior Canadian mining company that undertakes exploration and development of copper and cobalt mines in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Bas-Uele District

Bas-Uele District is a district located in Orientale Province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bijou Kisombe Mundaba

Bijou Kisombe Mundaba (born September 29, 1976) is a Congolese football player who, as of 2004 was playing for AS Vita Club.

Bills

The Bills were a youth subculture active in Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in the late 1950s, basing much of their image and outlook on the cowboys of American Western movies.

Colleen Opoku Amuaben

Dr. (Mrs.) Colleen Helena Opoku Amuaben is the General Overseer of Precious Seed Chapel International with fifteen branches in Central Africa – Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa and Almeria, Spain and Ghana, with the headquarters situated in Tema and is the founder of Save Them Young Mission Incorporated.

Congotronics series

These bands play what is referred to in the Congo as tradi-moderne music, and comprise musicians who left the bush in order to settle in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic Of The Congo.

DJ Brian

His distinct taste in music saw him being the first at the station to play artist such as Salala from Madagascar, Koffi Olomide from Democratic Republic of the Congo a variety of musicians from Mozambique such as Zico and Mr Bow.

Foreign relations of Uganda

A rebel group operating in western Uganda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, near the Rwenzori Mountains, the Allied Democratic Forces, emerged as a localized threat in 1996 and inflicted substantial suffering on the population in the area.

France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010

On 19 February it was revealed that France 2 had selected Congolese singer and dancer Jessy Matador to represent France at Eurovision, with the hope of creating a summer hit and to promote the 2010 FIFA World Cup in France.

Friedrich St. Florian

With Abraham he also won the first prize (ex equo) in the international architectural design competition for the "Cultural Center" in Leopoldville, Congo in 1959 and the third prize in the 1958 competition for the Pan Arabian University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Helene Mambu

Born in Bas-Congo, Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Helene Mambu received her Bachelor of Science degree in bio-chemistry in 1972 from Western College (now part of Miami University) in Oxford, Ohio, and went on to pursue and earn a medical degree in 1976, from Howard University in Washington, DC.

Imagine No Malaria

In April 2010, in a coordinated effort with many different religious faiths and institutions, 25,000 bed nets were distributed in Lubumbashi, DRC.

K-65 residues

K-65 residues are the very radioactive mill residues resulting from a uniquely concentrated uranium ore discovered before WW II in Katanga province (Shinkolobwe) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly called the Belgian Congo).

Kabika Tshilolo

Marie-Jeanne Kabika Tshilolo (born 1949 in Élisabethville, Katanga) is a French language writer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Le Grand Kallé

Joseph Athanase Tchamala Kabaselleh (16 December 1930 in Matadi, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) – 11 February 1983 in Paris, France), popularly known as Le Grand Kallé, was a Congolese singer and bandleader, considered the father of modern Congolese music.

Lunda people

The Lunda (Balunda, Luunda, Ruund) originated in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo along the Kalanyi River and formed the Kingdom of Lunda in the 17th century under their ruler, Mwata Yamvo or Mwaant Yav, with their capital at Musumba.

Makombo massacre

The Makombo massacre was an incident that took place from 14 to 17 December 2009 in the Haut-Uele District of Democratic Republic of the Congo in the village and region of Makombo.

Monastère Notre-Dame-des-Sources

Monastère Notre-Dame-des-Sources, Kiswishi, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a Benedictine monastery of the Annunciation Congregation.

Mutamba Milambo

Albert Milambo-Mutamba, known as Mutamba Milambo (born 1 December 1984 in Mbuji-Mayi) is a Congolese football midfielder.

Négritude

Novelist Norman Mailer used the term to describe boxer George Foreman's physical and psychological presence in his book The Fight, a journalistic treatment of the legendary Ali vs. Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle" bout in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) in October 1974.

OTRAG

In the face of doubts by Debus and von Braun, Kayser chose in 1975 to set up testing and launch facilities in Shaba, Zaire (now Katanga Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Peter Taub

The MCA Stage—the museum’s performing arts program founded in 1996—features performers ranging from Chicago-based artists such as eighth blackbird and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago to artists from the Congo, Poland, Mexico, Ireland, and beyond.

Pierre Kalala Mukendi

Pierre Kalala Mukendi (born 22 November 1939 in Likasi) is a Congolese football forward who played for Zaire and also played for TP Engelbert called now TP Mazembe.

Plateaux District

Plateaux District is a district located in the Bandundu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Raffia palm

The raffia palm is important in societies such as that of the Province of Bohol in the Philippines, Kuba of Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nso of Cameroon, the Igbo and Ibibio/Annang of southestern, the Urhobo and Ijaw people of Niger delta Nigeria and the Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria, among several other West African ethnic nations.

Ricardo Lemvo

Lemvo grew up in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo and moved to the United States at age 15 to continue his education.

Roy Richard Grinker

He also spent two years living with the Lese farmers and the Efé pygmies in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo as a Fulbright scholar, and has conducted epidemiological research on autism in Korea.

Seke-Banza Territory

Seke-Banza Territory is an administrative area in the Bas-Fleuve District, Bas-Congo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the north of the city of Matadi.

Shuwa language

Shuwa (Shoobo), or Pianga (Pyaang), once considered a dialect of Bushong, is a Bantu language of Kasai-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Slavery in contemporary Africa

Today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo the indigenous people are usually victims of their Bantu neighbors, who have replaced the positions once held by Europeans.

Soko language

Soko, or So (also Eso, Gesogo, Heso, Soa) is a language spoken, 1971, by about 6,000 people in the Orientale Province, north of Basoko in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sukuma wiki

In the Congo, Tanzania and Kenya (East Africa), thinly sliced collard greens are the main accompaniments of a popular dish known as Ugali (also sometimes called sima, sembe or posho), a corn flour cake.

Tanganyika District

Tanganyika District is a district located in the Katanga Province, in the Democratic Republic of the 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.

TPOK Jazz

The OK Jazz band was formed in 1956 in Léopoldville (now Kinshasa), in what was at the time known as the Belgian Congo, later as Zaire and today as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Union for the Republic – National Movement

The Union for the Republic National Movement (Union pour la République - Mouvement national, UNIR NM) is a political party of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that was formed in 2001 by Frédéric Boyenga-Bofala.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1399

United Nations Security Council resolution 1399, adopted unanimously on 19 March 2002, after recalling all previous resolutions on situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Council condemned the capture of the town of Moliro and other activities by the rebel Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD).

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1484

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1484, adopted unanimously on 30 May 2003, after recalling previous resolutions on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Council authorised Operation Artemis in Bunia, the capital of Ituri Province, amid the deteriorating security situation in the area.

University of Kikwite

The University of Kikwite (UNIKI) is a public university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the province of Bandundu, city of kikwite.

University of Kindu

The University of Kindu (UNIKIND) is a public university in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the province of Maniema, city of Kindu.

Visa requirements for Slovenian citizens

Many African countries, including Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zambia require all incoming passengers to have a current International Certificate of Vaccination.

Yves Ma-Kalambay

Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay (born 31 January 1986) is a Congolese footballer goalkeeper who is currently playing for Royal Antwerp F.C. in Belgian Second Division.


see also

AS Dragon

AS Dragons, a football in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Baamba

Baamba, the Amba people of Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bagata

Bagata Territory, a territory in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bagata, Bandundu, a town in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bas-Congo

At the time of the independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the province was part of the greater province of Leopoldville, along with the city of Kinshasa and the districts of Kwango, Kwilu and Mai-Ndombe.

Budu

Budu people, an ethnic group of about 250,000 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bulungu

Bulungu, Bandundu, a community in the Kwilu District of Bandundu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bulungu, Kasai-Occidental, a town in the Lulua District of Kasai-Occidental province of the southern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bunagana

Bunagana, Uganda, a town in Kisoro District, southwestern Uganda, at the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo

BZO

Bozaba language, a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Elizabethville

Lubumbashi or Elizabethville, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Feronia

Feronia Inc., a plantations company operating in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gege

Gege Kizubanata (born 1981), Democratic Republic of the Congo basketball player

H. frontalis

Hyperolius frontalis, a frog species found in Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda

H. inornatus

Hyperolius inornatus, a frog species endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo

H. robustus

Hyperolius robustus, a frog species endemic to Democratic Republic of the Congo

History of Kinshasa

The city was founded as a trading post by Henry Morton Stanley in 1881 and named Léopoldville in honor of King Léopold II of Belgium, who controlled the vast territory that is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as a colony.

Ituri

Ituri Interim Administration, an interim administration in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Judson Augusto do Bonfim Santos

In October 2012, he represented Equatorial Guinea in a 2013 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game versus Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kabamba

Kabamba Musasa (born 1982), Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer

Kabangu

Mulota Kabangu (born 1985), Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer

Kabila

Joseph Kabila (*1971), president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Kalakundi

Kalukundi Mine, a copper and cobalt mine being developed in Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

Kazumba

Kazumba Territory, a territory in Kasai-Occidental province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kenge

Kenge, Bandundu, a town in Bandundu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kenge, Bas-Congo, a town in Bas-Congo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kibara

Kibara Mountains, a range in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lusanga

Lusanga, Kwilu, a town in Kwilu District of Bandundu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Lusanga, Kwango, a town in Kwango District, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mbola

Mbole people, an ethnic group living in the Orientale Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Millennium Star

The diamond was discovered in the Mbuji-Mayi district of Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1990 in alluvial deposits; uncut, it was 777 carats (155.4 g).

Mushy

Mushie, a town and territory in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mutanda

Mutanda Mine, an open-pit copper mine in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ndjili

Ndjili, Kinshasa, also known as N'djili or N'Djili, a commune of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nicola Blackwood

Prior to running for office, Blackwood worked with the Conservative Party Human Rights Group which was set up to find ways for the UK to combat human rights abuses in places like Burma and the Democratic Republic of the Congo and as an adviser to the then Shadow International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell.

Numbi

Denis Kalume Numbi, Interior Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Stanleyville

Stanleyville, the former name for the regionally important city of Kisangani on the Congo River, the capital of Orientale Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

ULK

Université Libre de Kinshasa, a private university in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1501

The Security Council remained concerned about hostilities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, including North and South Kivu and Ituri Province.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1533

In the preamble of the resolution, the Council expressed concern at the presence of armed groups and militia in North and South Kivu and Ituri in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1596

In the preamble of the resolution, the Security Council expressed concern at the presence of armed groups and militia in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in North and South Kivu and Ituri Province, while at the same time welcoming that some of the groups had began submitting an inventory of weapons and materiel in their possession.

Wamba, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wamba Territory, an administrative area of the Haut-Uele Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wamba, Haut-Uele District, a town in the Haut-Uele District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wamba, Luo Reserve, a village in the Luo Reserve, Democratic Republic of the Congo