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9 unusual facts about Goma


Emile Ilunga

Émile Ilunga Kalambo is a politician and former leader of the Rally for Congolese Democracy–Goma (RDC-Goma) rebel movement.

Hurricane Katrina in historical context

In January 2002, 300,000 residents of the city of Goma (Democratic Republic of the Congo) were evacuated in 3 days due to the eruption of the volcano Nyiragongo.

Rally for Congolese Democracy–Goma

However Armée Nationale Congolaise (ANC) troops, the armed forces of the RCD-Goma, continued to occupy the city of Kanyabayonga along with local mostly Hutu militias created and directed by the North Kivu Governor Eugene Serufuli.

In January 2006 his forces attacked and occupied several towns in Rutshuru Territory in North Kivu province including Tongo, Bunagana and Rutshuru.

He soon rejected the authority of the government and retreated with some of the RCD-Goma troops to the Masisi forests in Nord Kivu.

Stressing that no party would be allowed to make military gains during the peace process, the UN demanded that the RCD immediately withdraw from Moliro and Pweto and for all other parties to withdraw to defensive positions called for in the Harare disengagement sub-plans.

The Council condemned the capture of the town of Moliro by the RCD-Goma, describing it as a major violation of the ceasefire.

On 21 June 2002, child soldiers of the pro-government Mai Mai militia entered Pweto, and RDC officials hastily left.

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1341

The Council would support the Secretary-General Kofi Annan if he decided to deploy troops in the border areas, particularly Goma and Bukavu.


Goz Abu Goma Bridge

The Goz Abu Goma Bridge is a railway bridge across the White Nile at Kosti, the former Goz Abu Goma, 50 miles south of Alays, in Sudan.

Hassan Farid Didi

Born as the younger son of the Prince Abdul Majeed Didi, later Sultan Elect of the Maldives and Princess Veyoge Ruqia Don Goma, the daughter of Sultan Hassan Nooraddeen II.

John Numbi

Numbi, then commander of the Congolese air force, was sent in Goma to negotiate with CNDP commander Laurent Nkunda.

Julian Spalding

During his career as a curator he established several award-winning, innovative galleries and museum services, including the Ruskin Gallery in Sheffield; the St Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art and The Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA) in Glasgow; and the Open Museum.

Navy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The 2007 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships states that the Navy is organised into four commands, based at Matadi, near the coast; the capital Kinshasa, further up the Congo river; Kalemie, on Lake Tanganyika; and Goma, on Lake Kivu.

North Kivu

However, Wibasira was suspected of complicity with the soldiers in Goma who triggered a mutiny in Bukavu in February 2004, and on 23 January 2005 he was switched with Gabriel Amisi Kumba, at the time commander of the Fifth Military Region in Kasaï-Oriental.

Paul Goma

At the end of August 1968, Paul Goma became a member of the Romanian Communist Party, in an act of solidarity with the Romanian position during the Warsaw Pact Invasion of Czechoslovakia (Romania did not take part, indeed condemning the invasion).

In 1979, Paul Goma was active in the creation of the Free Workers' Syndicate.

Queensland Gallery of Modern Art

In July 2002, Sydney-based company Architectus was commissioned by the Queensland Government following an Architect Selection Competition, to design the Gallery's second site, the Queensland Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA).

United Nations Security Council Resolution 1797

Also during today’s meeting, Council President Giadalla Ettalhi (Libya) read out a statement congratulating President Joseph Kabila and the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as the organizers of and participants in the Conference for Peace, Security and Development in North and South Kivu, on the success of that event, held in Goma from 6 to 23 January.

University of Goma

The university was created in 1993 and it is located in the city of Goma, near Lake Kivu in the east of the country.

Videomatch

Among the most remembered opening themes are songs like: "Ritmo de la noche" (by The Sacados), Amigos, Gomazo, Bobby Goma, "Twist and Shout" (by The Beatles), 19-2000 (by Gorillaz), "Vicio" (by Los Ratones Paranoicos), Pink (by Aerosmith) and more.


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