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Dominique Diur
Dominique Diur (born at Kamulemba in 1929) was a Congolese and Katangese politician who was one of the founders of the CONAKAT party. Early life Diur grew up in the Belgian Congo. His father was a dignitary of the chieftaincy of Kayembe Mukulu. He followed his primary education at the Catholic mission of Sandoa, he then continued to the Franciscan small seminary of Luabo, and later the Scheut major seminary of Kabue, Kasai. He followed advanced education in law at the Benedictines in Élisabethville. After his studies, he followed an internship at the Belgian Ministry of Justice. Diur started his professional career at the Belgian Congo Radio in Élisabethville, before working at the local court (''Juridiction indigène''). He was elected as a municipal councillor for the Élisabethville commune of Kenya in 1957 and reelected in 1959. In 1958, a group of young ''évolués'' with an anti-Kasaian mindset including Diur, Évariste Kimba, Albert Nyembo, and Godefroid Munongo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolwezi
Kolwezi or Kolwesi is the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi. It is home to an airport and a railway to Lubumbashi. Just outside of Kolwezi there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Inga-Shaba. The population is approximately 573,000. Before the creation of Lualaba province in 2015 Kolwezi had two territories attached to it and the whole was known as the Kolwezi District. History The settlement was created in 1938 to be the headquarters for the western mining group of the ''Union Minière du Haut Katanga''. In 1971 it obtained city status and consisted of the communes of Dilala and Manika. In 1976 the territories of Lubudi and Mutshatsha, both previously part of Lualaba District, were attached to it to form the Kolwezi District (districts were called sub-regions at the time). In the 2015 repartitioning this was undone, the two territories and the city proper became separate parts of Lualaba province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasaï Region
The Kasai region is a region in the central southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It shares its name with the Kasai River. After the independence of Congo in 1960, Kasai seceded for a while under influence of Belgium and became an independent kingdom. After the assassination of Patrice Lumumba the following year, Kasai came back to Congo. Until 2015 Kasai region was divided administratively into two provinces, Kasai-Occidental and Kasai-Oriental (former province), Kasai-Oriental. After 2015, the former Districts within these provinces were in some cases combined with cities that had been independently administered, and their status was elevated to the five current provinces: * Kasaï Province * Kasaï-Central * Sankuru * Kasaï-Oriental * Lomami Province 2017 rebellion In spring 2017, long-running resentment of Politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, central government's remoteness and corruption exploded into a rebellion, triggered by official rejecti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzanne Labin
Suzanne Labin (6 May 1913 – 22 January 2001) was a French Socialist writer and political scientist, known particularly for her anti-communism, anti-totalitarianism and pro-democracy writings. Writings and reviews In reviewing of her book ''The secret of democracy'', ''Time'' magazine wrote:Liberty is a Lady February 27, 1956 Dale Pontius wrote in the ''Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science'': Selected bibliography * ''Stalin's Russia'', London, Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1949. 492 pages. Translated by[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest), is a region of Belgium comprising 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels, which is the capital of Belgium. The Brussels-Capital Region is located in the central portion of the country and is a part of both the French Community of Belgium and the Flemish Community, but is separate from the Flemish Region (within which it forms an enclave) and the Walloon Region. Brussels is the most densely populated region in Belgium, and although it has the highest GDP per capita, it has the lowest available income per household. The Brussels Region covers , a relatively small area compared to the two other regions, and has a population of over 1.2 million. The five times larger metropolitan area of Brusse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Ilunga
Valentin is a male given name meaning "strong, healthy, power, rule, terco". It comes from the Latin name ''Valentinus'', as in Saint Valentin. Commonly found in Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Russia, Ukraine, Scandinavia, Latin America etc. Valentin is also used as a surname in Spanish and German speaking-countries. Given name First name * Valentin Abel (born 1991), German politician * Valentin Alexandru (born 1991), Romanian footballer * Valentin Blass (born 1995), German basketball player * Valentin Bondarenko (1937–1961), Soviet fighter pilot * Valentin de Boulogne (before 1591 – 1632), French painter * Valentin Brunel (born 1996), French DJ known as Kungs * Valentin "Val" Brunn (born 1994), German electronic music producer and DJ known as Virtual Riot * Valentin Bosioc (born 1983), Romanian bodybuilder * ValentÃn Castellanos (born 1998), Argentine footballer * Valentin CeauÈ™escu (born 1948), Romanian physicist * Valentin Chmerkovskiy (born 1986), Ukrainia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Godefroid Munongo
Godefroid Munongo Mwenda M'Siri (1925–1992) was a Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese politician. He was a minister and briefly interim president, in 1961. It has been claimed he was involved in ethnic cleansing and in the assassination of Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, during the Congo Crisis. Early life Munongo was born on 20 November 1925 in Bunkeya (now in Lualaba Province). He was a descendant of King Msiri of the Nyamwezi people, Nyamwezi, who founded the State of Garenganze in the latter half of the 19th century.Patrick Munongo , his son, accessed February 2009 He entered the major seminary in Kirungu, Baudouinville in 1947, where he would stay for two years. In Kisantu, Munongo obtained his degree from the school of administrative sciences. He became a court clerk, then a police judge at the court responsible for identity cards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Nyembo
Albert Nyembo Mwana-Ngongo (born 30 May 1929) is a Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese and State of Katanga, Katangese politician who was a Secretary of State and Minister for Congo and secessionist Katanga. Early life Nyembo went to school at the St. Boniface Institute in Lubumbashi, Élisabethville, capital of Katanga (province), Katanga, then in the Belgian Congo. He obtained a degree from the school of telecommunication in Kinshasa, Léopoldville, the colony's capital, in 1950. Before 1960, he was a civil servant and trade unionist in the Belgian Congo. In 1957, Nyembo founded the CONAKAT party together with Godefroid Munongo, Évariste Kimba, and Rodolphe Yav. This occurred within a context of anti-Kasaï region, Kasaï sentiments. Nyembo was the President of a group of Hemba people from Kongolo, Tanganyika, Kongolo, ''Assobako'', which went on to adhere to CONAKAT. Career During the communal election organised before independence, he was elected as a municipal c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Évariste Kimba
Évariste Leon Kimba Mutombo (16 July 1926 – 2 June 1966) was a Congolese journalist and politician who served as Foreign Minister of the State of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 13 October to 25 November 1965. Kimba was born in 1926 in Katanga Province, Belgian Congo. Following the completion of his studies he worked as a journalist and became editor-in-chief of the ''Essor du Congo''. In 1958 he and a group of Katangese concerned about domination of their province by people from the neighbouring Kasaï region founded the Confédération des associations tribales du Katanga (CONAKAT), a regionalist political party. In 1960 the Congo became independent and shortly thereafter Moise Tshombe declared the secession of the State of Katanga. Kimba played an active role in the separatist state's government as its Minister of Foreign Affairs and participated in numerous talks with the central government aimed at political reconc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
évolué
''Évolué'' (, "evolved" or "developed") is a French label used during the colonial era to refer to a native African or Asian who had "evolved" by becoming Europeanised through education or assimilation and had accepted European values and patterns of behavior. It is most commonly used to refer to individuals within the Belgian and French colonial empires. ''Évolués'' spoke French, followed European (rather than customary) laws, usually held white-collar jobs (although rarely higher than clerks), and lived primarily in urban areas of the colony. Belgian colonies The term was also used to describe the growing native middle class in the Belgian Congo (the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) between the latter part of World War II and the independence of the colony in 1960. Most ''évolué''s emerged from the Congolese who filled skilled positions (such as clerks and nurses) made available by the economic boom in the country following the war. Colonial administrator ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenya, Lubumbashi
Kenya is a commune of the city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was created in 1929 as an extension of Kamalondo Kamalondo is a commune of the city of Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, .... List of Neighborhoods: * Lualaba * Luapula * Luvua * Brondo Populated places in Haut-Katanga Province {{DRC-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Congo Belge
Radio Congo Belge ( French, "Belgian Congo Radio") was a radio broadcaster in the Belgian Congo (the modern Democratic Republic of the Congo) which played an important role in the early development and popularisation of Congolese rumba music across Africa in the aftermath of World War II. Radio Congo Belge was established in Léopoldville (modern-day Kinshasa) as a means of broadcasting news and propaganda to the white population of the Congo and German-occupied Belgium in World War II. It broadcast for the first time on 1 October 1940. However, this role was assumed by Radiodiffusion nationale belge (RNB) in May 1943 which also broadcast from Léopoldville and Radio Congo Belge became more focused on broadcasting within the colony. It played an important role in providing Congolese musicians with access to foreign musical influences. It was particularly influential in introducing Afro-Cuban music into the Congo through groups such as Septeto Habanero and Trio Matamoros. Accordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Public Service Justice
The FPS Justice ( nl, FOD Justitie, french: SPF Justice, german: FÖD Justiz), formerly the Ministry of Justice, is a federal public service of Belgium. It was created by royal order on May 23, 2001, as part of the plans of the Verhofstadt I Government to modernise the federal administration. The transformation from a ministry into a federal public service was completed on July 15, 2002. The FPS Justice is responsible to the minister of justice. Organisation The FPS Justice is currently organised into three directorates-general: *The Directorate-General for Judicial Organisation *The Directorate-General for Legislation and Fundamental Rights and Freedoms *The Directorate-General for Correctional Facilities Several independent organisations resort under the FPS Justice, such as the Gambling Commission. In addition, the FPS Justice is also responsible for the Belgian Official Journal. The Belgian State Security Service is responsible to the minister of justice as well. See also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
