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Mobutu Sese Seko

(Encyclopedia)Mobutu Sese Seko mōbo͞oˈtō sāˈsā sāˈkō [key], 1930–97, president of Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). Born Joseph Désiré Mobutu, he returned from study in Brussels to th...

Berlin, Conference of

(Encyclopedia)Berlin, Conference of, 1884–85, international meeting aimed at settling the problems connected with European colonies in Africa. At the invitation of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, represe...

Presidents of the United States (table)

(Encyclopedia)Presidents of the United States

Isabela, ruins, Dominican Republic

(Encyclopedia)Isabela ēsäbāˈlä [key], ruins of a town on the north shore of Hispaniola, in the Dominican Republic, at the base of Cape Isabela. Believed to have been founded by Columbus (c.1494), it was one of...

Bomu

(Encyclopedia)Bomu bōˈmo͞o [key], river, c.500 mi (800 km) long, rising in NE Congo (Kinshasa) and flowing generally westward. It forms part of the Congo–Central African Republic border. The Bomu merges with t...

Tshisekedi, Félix Antoine

(Encyclopedia)Tshisekedi, Félix Antoine, 1963–, political leader in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, son of longtime opposition leader Étienne Tshisekedi. Elected to the Congolese parliament in 2011, he re...

Friedland, town, Czech Republic

(Encyclopedia)Friedland: see Frýdlant, Czech Republic. ...

Eger, city, Czech Republic

(Encyclopedia)Eger, Czech Republic: see Cheb.

French Equatorial Africa

(Encyclopedia)French Equatorial Africa, former French federation in W central Africa. It consisted of four constituent territories: Gabon, Middle Congo (see Congo, Republic of the), Chad, and Ubangi-Shari (now the ...

Carlsbad, city, Czech Republic

(Encyclopedia)Carlsbad: see Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic. ...