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unusual facts about The Democratic Republic of the Congo



Black-lored Waxbill

The Black-lored Waxbill (Estrilda nigriloris) is a species of estrildid finch found around the Lualaba River and Lake Upemba in the southern of The Democratic Republic of the Congo.


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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

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

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

CNDP

National Congress for the Defence of the People, a political armed militia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Constitution of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is now under the regime of the constitution which was approved in a referendum by the Congolese people, and promulgated on February 18, 2006 by President Joseph Kabila.

Feronia

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

Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa

The other cardinals are Giuseppe Bertello, president of the Vatican City State governorate; Oswald Gracias from India; Reinhard Marx from Germany; Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya from the Democratic Republic of the Congo; Seán Patrick O'Malley from the United States; George Pell from Australia; and Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga from Honduras.

Frontier Mine

Frontier Mine, Katanga, a major copper mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Godefroid

Godefroid Munongo (1925–1992), politician of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

H. inornatus

Hyperolius inornatus, a frog species endemic to the 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.

Ilunga Sungu

Ilunga Sungu (died c. 1810) was a ruler (Mulopwe) of the Kingdom of Luba in what is now the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Kabila

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

Kazumba

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

Kazumba, Katanga, a settlement in Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kazumba, Kasai-Occidental, a settlement 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

Lej

Lengola language, a Bantu language 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

Mangbetu

Mangbetu people, a people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

Ngiri

Ngiri River, a tributary of the Ubangi River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ngiri Reserve, a protected area of 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

John Numbi, Inspector General of the Democratic Republic of the Congo police

Opala

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

Orientale

Orientale Province, a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Pepa

Pepa Airport, an airstrip in the Democratic Republic of the Congo near Pepa village

Rumoka

Volcan Rumoka, a volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Ruwenzori

Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda and 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

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.

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.

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

Yira language

Nande language, a Bantu language spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo