Haut-Katanga provinces. Between 1971 and 1997 (during the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko when Congo was known as Zaire), its official name was Shaba Province. Katanga's...
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Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Katanga province. Haut-Katanga was formed...
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The State of Katanga (French: État du Katanga; Swahili: Inchi Ya Katanga), also known as the Republic of Katanga, was a breakaway state that proclaimed...
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Lubumbashi (redirect from Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga Province)
the border with Zambia. The capital and principal city of the Haut-Katanga Province, Lubumbashi is the center of mining in the region, acting as a hub...
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repartitioning. Lualaba, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Katanga province. Lualaba was formed...
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repartitioning. Tanganyika, Haut-Katanga, Haut-Lomami and Lualaba provinces are the result of the splitting up of the former Katanga province. Tanganyika was formed...
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The Union Minière du Haut-Katanga (French; literally "Mining Union of Upper-Katanga") was a Belgian mining company (with minority British share) which...
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groups; the FDLR are mostly active in the north-eastern portion of Katanga province near the border with South Kivu. The conflict in the region has caused...
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Moïse Tshombe (category People from Katanga Province)
born to an aristocratic Lunda family and ran several businesses in Katanga Province before becoming involved in politics, cofounding the pro-Western, anti-communist...
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Look up Katanga in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Katanga may refer to: Katanga Province, a former province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Canada. Katanga Mining operated a major mine complex in the Congo's Katanga Province, producing refined copper and cobalt. It claimed to have the "potential...
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Republic of the Congo which advocates the independence of the Congo's Katanga Province. It was formed shortly after the group's leader, Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga...
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Copperbelt (redirect from Katanga Supergroup)
Zambia's Copperbelt Province (notably the towns of Ndola, Kitwe, Chingola, Luanshya, and Mufulira in particular) and the Congo's Haut-Katanga and Lualaba provinces...
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Haut-Lomami (redirect from Haut-Lomami (proposed province))
Haut-Lomami, Haut-Katanga, Lualaba, and Tanganyika provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Katanga province. Haut-Lomami was formed...
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damaged by a crash in global copper prices in 1973. The province adjoins the Haut-Katanga province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is similarly...
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The Katanga or Shaba plateau is a farming and ranching region in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Located in the southeastern Katanga Province, it...
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Force Publique (redirect from Katanga Force)
platoons. Estimated total personnel authorised for the province was 76 OSO and 2870 GS. Katanga Province: HQ 1st Groupement, 12th Infantry Battalion, 10th...
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from August 1961 until January 1963, and as President of the Province of North Katanga from September 1963 until his death, with a brief interruption...
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Moïse Katumbi (category Governors of Katanga Province)
He leads the Together for the Republic party. He was Governor of Katanga Province, located in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Congo Pedicle (redirect from Katanga Pedicle)
Pedicle; in French la botte du Katanga, meaning 'Katanga boot') is the southeast salient of the Haut-Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the...
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Mai-Mai (section Mai-Mai in Katanga)
Tribunal in Katanga Province on 6 March 2009. He escaped from prison in September 2011 and formed the Mai-Mai Kata Katanga ("Secede Katanga"). There was...
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This is a history of Katanga Province and the former independent State of Katanga, as well as the history of the region prior to colonization. Prior to...
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Katanga Province in the Congo in 1914, mining operations shifted again. When the Shaba conflict started in 1978, the copper mines of Katanga Province...
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This list of governors of Katanga includes governors or equivalent officeholders of the Katanga Province established in the Belgian Congo in 1910, and...
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in the Kivu and Maniema provinces Lowa (Katanga), a tributary of the Lualaba in DR Congo in the Katanga Province, better known as Luvua This disambiguation...
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A Katanga Cross (French: croisette du Katanga), also called a handa, is a cast copper ingot in the shape of an equal-armed cross which was once used as...
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mainly in the Northwestern province of Zambia. The majority of the Lunda can be found in DRC, especially Katanga Province, as well as in Angola. A small...
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Copper mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (category Mining in Katanga Province)
démocratique du Congo) mainly takes place in the Copper Belt of the southern Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Not all copper deposits contain...
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Diamonds come from Kasaï Province in the west. By far the largest mines in the DRC are located in southern Katanga Province and are highly mechanized...
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Operation Grandslam (section Katanga's secession)
28 December 1962 to 15 January 1963 against the forces of the State of Katanga, a secessionist state rebelling against the Republic of the Congo (now...
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