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Lubumbashi

(Encyclopedia)Lubumbashi lo͞obo͞ombäˈshē [key], city (1984 pop. 564,830), capital of Haut-Katanga province, SE Congo (Kinshasa), near the border with Zambia. The second largest city of the country, it is a com...

Mukwege, Denis

(Encyclopedia)Mukwege, Denis, 1955–, Congolese gynecologist and human-rights activist. He studied medicine at the Univ. of Burundi (grad. 1983) and worked as a pediatrician in a hospital in Lemera, Congo (Kinshas...

Leopoldville

(Encyclopedia)Leopoldville: see Kinshasa, Congo. ...

Luluabourg

(Encyclopedia)Luluabourg: see Kananga, city, Congo. ...

Jadotville

(Encyclopedia)Jadotville, Congo (Kinshasa): see Likasi. ...

Costermansville

(Encyclopedia)Costermansville: see Bukavu, Congo (Kinshasa). ...

Coquilhatville

(Encyclopedia)Coquilhatville, Congo (Kinshasa): see Mbandaka. ...

Elisabethville

(Encyclopedia)Elisabethville, Congo (Kinshasa): see Lubumbashi. ...

Stanleyville

(Encyclopedia)Stanleyville, Congo (Kinshasa): see Kisangani. ...

Welle

(Encyclopedia)Welle, river, Congo: see Uele.