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Elisabethville

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

Stanleyville

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

Kodok

(Encyclopedia)Kodok fəshōˈdə [key], town, NE South Sudan, on the White Nile. In 1898 it was the scene of the Fashoda Incident, which brought Britain and France to the brink of war and resulted, in 1899, in an A...

Massamba-Débat, Alphonse

(Encyclopedia)Massamba-Débat, Alphonse, 1921–77, Congolese politician. A teacher, he became involved in the independence movement. He was elected to the legislative assembly in 1959 and was its president (1959�...

Swakopmund

(Encyclopedia)Swakopmund sfäˈkôpmənt [key], municipality (1991 pop. 17,681), W Namibia, on the Atlantic at mouth of Swakop River. A rail terminus and seaside resort surrounded by the Namib desert, the town was ...

Nyamulagira

(Encyclopedia)Nyamulagira, volcano, Congo (Kinshasa): see Nyamuragira. ...

Malebo Pool

(Encyclopedia)Malebo Pool, Congo: see Pool Malebo. ...

Bakwanga

(Encyclopedia)Bakwanga, Congo (Kinshasa): see Mbuji-Mayi. ...

Stanley Pool

(Encyclopedia)Stanley Pool, Congo: see Pool Malebo. ...

Shaba

(Encyclopedia)Shaba: see Katanga, former province, Congo (Kinshasa). ...

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