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Martyrs Stadium, Kinshasa
The Pentacost Martyrs Stadium (French: ''Stade des Martyrs de la Pentecôte'') (formerly known as Stade Kamanyola), or commonly referred to as the Stade des Martyrs, is a national multi-purpose stadium of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in Lingwala, Kinshasa. With a seating capacity of 80,000, it is the largest stadium in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the fourth-largest stadium in Africa. It serves as the home stadium for the Congolese football national team, Association Sportive Vita Club, and Daring Club Motema Pembe, making it the largest multifunctional venue in the country. Originally constructed in 1993, the stadium was renamed in 1997 to honor the ministers, including Évariste Kimba, Jérôme Anany, Emmanuel Bamba, and Alexandre Mahamba, who were publicly hanged in Léopoldville (present-day Kinshasa) on Pentecost, 2 June 1966. It hosted the 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie, which accommodated approximately 3,000 athletes from over 40 countries. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lingwala
Lingwala is a municipality ('' commune'') in the Lukunga district of Kinshasa, the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t .... It is situated in northern Kinshasa, south of Gombe and '' Boulevard du 30 Juin''. Demographics References See also Communes of Kinshasa Lukunga District {{DRCongo-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Jeux De La Francophonie
The 2023 Jeux de la Francophonie, also known as ''IXes Jeux de la Francophonie'' ( French for ''9th Francophone Games''), informally Kinshasa 2023 (), were a multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 6, 2023, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. This was the first edition of the games to be hosted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Originally awarded on April 7, 2016, to Moncton and Dieppe. On January 30, 2019, the New Brunswick government cancelled its commitment to host the games due to funding issues. The games were awarded to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo in July 2019. In 2020, the games were moved from 2021 to 2022 to avoid clashing with the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics. They were postponed once again in 2022, to 2023 due to delays. Several countries withdrew from the games or sent reduced delegations due to health and safety concerns including team Canada, Quebec, New Brunswick and France. Organisation First selection Among the intereste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatien Mahele Lieko Bokungu
Donatien "Marc" Mahele Lieko Bokungu (April 14, 1941 – May 16, 1997) was a prominent Zairean general who served as the last army chief during the long reign of Mobutu Sese Seko."Foes of Congo Leader Disrupt Funeral Service." ''New York Times'', June 13, 1997. Accessed on May 6, 2008. Biography Born in 1941, Mahele, a by trade,"Zaire: IRIN Briefing Part III, 02/27/97"United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs Integrated Regional Information Network. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léonard Mulamba
Major-General Léonard Mulamba (1928 – 12 August 1986), subsequently Authenticité (Zaire), Zairianised as Mulamba Nyunyi wa Kadima, was a Congolese military and political leader. Biography Then-Colonel Mulamba was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Chief of Staff of the Armée Nationale Congolaise, Congolese National Army (ANC) from October 1964, until named Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Prime Minister after the coup d'état led by Mobutu Sese Seko, Joseph-Désiré Mobutu of 25 November 1965. Born in the Kasaï region in 1930, Mulamba joined the colonial gendarmerie known as the ''Force Publique'' in 1949. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant Major by 1960 and after independence quickly became an officer. He commanded IX battalion of gendarmes at Kananga, Luluabourg in 1960. In 1962, he was assigned to command the 3rd ''Groupement'' at Kisangani, Stanleyville. He "gained international fame for.. defence of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Schramme
Jean "Black Jack" Schramme (25 March 1929 – 14 December 1988) was a Belgian mercenary and planter. He managed a vast estate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1967. Planter Schramme was born into an upper-middle-class family in Bruges, where his father was a successful lawyer. In 1947, Schramme moved to the Belgian Congo at the age of 18, where he worked as an apprentice for a planter. Schramme had a strong entrepreneurial streak and by the age of 22 he already owned his own plantation covering 22 acres at Bafwakwandji in the eastern half of the Belgian Congo. Schramme performed his national service with the '' Force Publique'', which provided him with his military training. Mr Schramme deeply loved Africa and called himself ''un Africain blanc'' ("a white African"). Schramme ran his estate along militaristic lines, having a very authoritarian and paternalistic leadership style as he took to calling himself a ''père'' ("father") to his black African workers. Schr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bukavu
Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme south-western edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu Province and as of 2012 it had an estimated population of 806,940. In 2021 it has an estimated urban population of 1,133,000. History Bukavu is part of the ancient territory of Bushi Kingdom, an ethnic group of South-Kivu. It was governed by a "Muluzi" Nyalukemba, when the first Arabs arrived. They were traders and often trafficked in enslaved Africans; they were influential in much of Africa. Near the end of the 19th century, Europeans entered Bushi, and the Congo Free State attempted to colonize the large territory. 'Muluzi' or 'Baluzi' in the plural means 'the nobleman' or 'nobility' to Shi. Before the Europeans came in Bushi Kingdom, Bukavu was called "Rusozi". The name Bukavu comes from the transformation of word 'bu 'nkafu ' (f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kwilu Rebellion
The Kwilu rebellion (1963–1965) was a civil uprising which took place in the West of what is the modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo. The rebellion took place in the wider context of the Cold War and the Congo Crisis. Led by Pierre Mulele, a follower of ousted prime minister Patrice Lumumba, a faction of rebel Maoists staged a revolt against the government in the Kwilu District. Based around the struggle for independence, the rebellion was encouraged by economic, social, and cultural grievances. Supported by communist China, rebels used mainly guerrilla warfare against government forces. The rebellion was concurrent with the Simba rebellion occurring in other areas of the Congo during this time. While the rebellion was suppressed in the early months of 1965, it had lasting political impacts, leading to the dissolution of Kwilu as an official province. Background Pierre Mulele, rebel leader of the Kwilu rebellion, had previously served as minister of education with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga ( ; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997), often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997. Previously, Mobutu served as the second president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1971. He also served as the fifth chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity from 1967 to 1968. During the Congo Crisis, Mobutu, serving as Chief of Staff of the Army and supported by Belgium and the United States, deposed the democratically elected government of left-wing nationalist Patrice Lumumba in 1960. Mobutu installed a government that arranged for Lumumba's execution in 1961, and continued to lead the country's armed forces until he took power directly in a second coup in 1965. To consolidate his power, he established the Popular Movement of the Revolution as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Kivu
South Kivu (; ) is one of Provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital city, capital is Bukavu. Located within the East African Rift's western branch Albertine Rift, it is bordered to the east by Lake Kivu, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania; to the west by Maniema, Maniema Province; to the north by North Kivu, North Kivu Province; and the south by Tanganyika Province. The province covers an area of approximately 65,070 square kilometers (25,120 square miles) and has an estimated population of 8,147,400 as of 2024. The region has historically been inhabited by various Bantu languages, Bantu-speaking ethnic groups, including the Bushi (region), Bamushi, Fuliru people, Bafuliiru, Bahavu, Nyindu people, Banyindu, Bembe people, Babembe, Babuyu, Lega people, Balega, Babwari, Holoholo people, Baholoholo, Nyanga people, Banyanga, Vira people, Bavira, Bakusu, Batembo, Barongeronge, and Baswaga, as well as African Pygmies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walungu Territory
Walungu Territory is a Territories of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, territory located within the South Kivu, South Kivu Province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Situated approximately 40 km from Bukavu, it shares borders with Kabare Territory to the north, Mwenga Territory to the south, Uvira Territory and the Ruzizi River, as well as the Republics of Rwanda and Burundi to the east, and Shabunda Territory and part of Kabare Territory to the west. According to the 2018 national census, the region has a population of 716,671, with 672,436 residing in the Ngweshe Chiefdom and 44,235 in the Kaziba Chiefdom. Spanning an area of 1,800 km2, Walungu Territory has a population density of 398 inhabitants per square kilometer. Shi language, Mashi is the most widely spoken language, while French language, French serves as the official language and Swahili language, Kiswahili functions as a national lingua franca. Walungu Territory is considered an importan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamanyola
Kamanyola is one of the ''groupements'' (Chiefdoms and sectors of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, groupings) within the Ngweshe Chiefdom of the Walungu Territory. It is located in the Ruzizi Plain in the South Kivu, South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sharing a border with Rwanda and Burundi. Kamanyola stands at a height of 901 meters and is closely situated to the suburb of Mwaro and the village of Mubombo. Geographically, the region is surrounded by various natural features: to the north-east lies the Ruzizi River, which separates it from the prefecture of Cyangugu in Rwanda; to the northwest are the Mitumba Mountains; to the south is the Luvinvi River, which acts as a boundary with the Luvungi, Itara-Luvungi ''groupement'' in the Bafuliiru Chiefdom; and to the southeast, the Ruzizi River separates it from the commune of Rugombo in the Cibitoke Province, Cibitoki Province of northwestern Burundi. Geography Kamanyola covers an area of 7.8 km2. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
