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Liberal Christian Democrats Union
The Liberal Christian Democrats Union is a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo based in Kinshasa and is led by Raymond Tshibanda Raymond Tshibanda N'Tungammulong (born 20 November 1950) is a Congolese diplomat and politician serving as the President of the Liberal Christian Democrats Union, a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He also served as the D .... References Political parties in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Christian democratic parties in Africa {{DRCongo-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola. By area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 108 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the nation's economic center. Centered on the Cong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinshasa
Kinshasa (; ; ln, Kinsásá), formerly Léopoldville ( nl, Leopoldstad), is the capital and largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Once a site of fishing and trading villages situated along the Congo River, Kinshasa is now one of the world's fastest growing megacities. The city of Kinshasa is also one of the DRC's 26 provinces. Because the administrative boundaries of the city-province cover a vast area, over 90 percent of the city-province's land is rural in nature, and the urban area occupies a small but expanding section on the western side. Kinshasa is Africa's third-largest metropolitan area after Cairo and Lagos. It is also the world's largest nominally Francophone urban area, with French being the language of government, education, media, public services and high-end commerce in the city, while Lingala is used as a ''lingua franca'' in the street. Kinshasa hosted the 14th Francophonie Summit in October 2012. Residents of Kinshasa are known as ''Kinoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Tshibanda
Raymond Tshibanda N'Tungammulong (born 20 November 1950) is a Congolese diplomat and politician serving as the President of the Liberal Christian Democrats Union, a political party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He also served as the DRC's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation from 2012 to 2016, and currently serves as President Joseph Kabila's special envoy to the United States. Career Tshibanda was a member of the Ministry of Planning of what was then Zaire from 1976 to 1979, where he was in charge of External Resources Mobilization and Development. During that time, he was also a member of the faculty of the University of Kinshasa. From 1981 to 1984, he was a member of the faculty of the University of Pittsburgh. In 1985, he started working in the Office of the Prime Minister of Djibouti as Principal Economic Advisor. From there, he worked in the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 1988 until 1991, at which time he be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Political Parties In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
This article details the various political parties in ''the Democratic Republic of the Congo''. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen extensive civil conflict since independence in 1960, and no free and fair election had been held there until 2006. In the absence of an effective central government, most political groups (especially those in the interior) exist solely to control territory and enforce allegiance to certain leaders instead of performing the typical party functions of electoral participation and ideological debate. 602 parties are registered with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The parties Historical parties *Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (''Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Liberation du Congo'') *ABAKO * Association of Indigenous Personnel of the Colony (APIC) * Center of African Grouping (CEREA) * Movement for the National Congolese Progress (MPNC) * African Solidarity Party (PSA) * People's National Party (PNP) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
