MBANDAKA

əmbändäˈkä, formerly Coquilhatvillekôkēyävēlˈ, city (1984 pop. 137,291), capital of Équateur province, W Congo (Kinshasa), a port on the Congo River. It is a commercial and transportation center and has tanning and fishing industries.

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books on: Mbandaka  - 21 results

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Genocide and Crisis in Central Africa: Conflict Roots, Mass Violence, and Regional War
Book by Christian P. Scherrer; Praeger, 2002
Subjects: Burundi--Ethnic Relations--History--20th Century, Genocide--Rwanda, Low-Intensity Conflicts (Military Science)--Congo (Democratic Republic), Rwanda--Ethnic Relations--History--20th Century, Violence--Congo (Democratic Republic)
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The Peoples of Africa: An Ethnohistorical Dictionary
Book by James S. Olson; Greenwood Press, 1996
Subjects: Africa--Social Life And Customs--Dictionaries, Ethnohistory--Africa--Dictionaries, Ethnology--Africa--Dictionaries
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Colonialism in the Congo Basin, 1880-1940
Book by Samuel H. Nelson; Ohio University Center for International Studies, 1994
Subjects: Imperialism, Mongo (African people)--Economic conditions, Mongo (African people)--History, Mongo (African people)--Social conditions, Oral tradition--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Tshuapa River Region, Subsistence economy--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Tshuapa River Region, Tshuapa River (Congo)--Economic conditions, Tshuapa River (Congo)--History, Tshuapa River (Congo)--Social conditions
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Spear and Scepter: Army, Police, and Politics in Tropical Africa
Book by Ernest W. Lefever; Brookings Institution, 1970
Subjects: Congo (Democratic Republic)--Armed Forces--Political Activity, Ethiopia--Armed Forces--Political Activity, Ghana--Armed Forces--Political Activity
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Epic Traditions of Africa
Book by Stephen Paterson Belcher; Indiana University Press, 1999
Subjects: Epic Literature, African--History And Criticism
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journal articles on: Mbandaka  - 7 results

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Bearing Witness to Mass Murder
Journal article by René Lemarchand; African Studies Review, Vol. 48, 2005
Subjects: Blacks, Genocide, Human rights, Mass murders, Political science
...crossing; and of the hundreds gunned down in Mbandaka as they were about to seek refuge in Congo-Brazzaville...were Tingi-Tingi, Kasese, Kisangani, and Mbandaka.5 Beginning on May 13 in the port city of Mbandaka, near the Office National des Transports...
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Marie Béatrice Umutesi's Truth: the Other Rwanda Genocide?
Journal article by Aliko Songolo; African Studies Review, Vol. 48, 2005
Subjects: Blacks, Genocide, Human rights, Motivation
...kilometers on foot from Bukavu in the east to Mbandaka in the northwest. From the time she leaves...instance reported by Umutesi, in the city of Mbandaka, Congo, quite far from the Rwandan scene...rebels" when they conquered the city of Mbandaka. However, while the international community...
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A Survey of Salmonella Serovars and Most Probable Numbers in Rendered-Animal-Protein Meals: Inferences for Animal and Human Health
Journal article by Don A. Franco; Journal of Environmental Health, Vol. 67, 2005
Subjects: Meat and bone meal feeds--Health aspects, Meat and bone meal feeds--Research, Salmonella--Health aspects, Salmonella--Research
...Salmonella Livingstone, and Salmonella Mbandaka--were found in 23 percent of the samples...Senftenberg, Salmonella Livingstone, Salmonella Mbandaka, C2 Group Salmonella, Salmonella Havana...7.6% Salmonella Mbandaka 15 7.6...
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Is Reconciliation between Hutus and Tutsis Possible?
Journal article by Marie Beatrice Umutesi; Journal of International Affairs, Vol. 60, 2006
Subjects: Genocide--Cases, Hutu (African people)--Social aspects, Rwanda--History, Rwanda--Social aspects, Tutsi (African people)--Social aspects
...RPF and its allies followed this last group all the way to Mbandaka, a town 2,000 kilometers from Bukavu. Approximately 200,000...equatorial forest. (13) For over 2,000 kilometers from Bukavu to Mbandaka, the Congolese forest is strewn with mass graves of refugees...
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Suffering and Survival in Central Africa
Journal article by Catharine Newbury; African Studies Review, Vol. 48, 2005
Subjects: African history, Blacks, Genocide, Human rights, Politics, Refugees
...with many other refugees. After trekking through sparsely inhabited forest areas, Umutesi finally reached western Zaire near Mbandaka. During ten months of flight she had walked more than two thousand kilometers. Some local villagers welcomed and assisted Umutesi...
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magazine articles on: Mbandaka  - 6 results

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Republic of the Congo
Magazine article; UN Chronicle, Vol. 35, Spring 1998
Subjects: Cholera--Care and treatment, Congo--Health aspects, Epidemics--Prevention, Measles--Care and treatment, United Nations. Children's Fund--Relations with Congo, Vaccination of children--Congo
...campaign against former President Mobuto Seseko returned to Mbandaka to re-establish a camp dismantled there in December 1997. On...outside their camp had prompted the investigators evacuation from Mbandaka and Wendji to Kinshasa. The Secretary-Generals mission to...
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Was It Murder by Order?: Several Versions of How and Why Kabila Was Murdered Circulated after the Assassination. Francois Misser Discusses the Different Theories
Magazine article by Francois Misser; New African, March 2001
Subjects: Assassination--Portrayals, Congo (Kinshasa)--Political aspects, Kabila, Laurent--Political activity, Political corruption--Congo (Kinshasa), Presidents (Government), Presidents--Assassination
...that prompted the rebels to retaliate and threaten the strategic town of Mbandaka. This forced the Angolans to deploy more troops and MiG fighters in the area to defend Mbandaka. Angola also did not want its troops to come into direct confrontation...
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Most Beautiful Place in the World: Eight Atlantic Monthly Contributors Share Their Idiosyncratic but Passionately Held Opinions
Magazine article by And Others Ian Frazier; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, October 2001
Subjects: Canada--Description and travel
...immediate and intoxicating sense of wonder. The second place is the 300-mile stretch of the Congo River between the towns of Mbandaka (on the Equator) and Lisala. There the jungle, a forest of teaks and palms, rubber trees and bombaxes, tumbles down to the...
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The Business of War
Magazine article by James Baxter; The World Today, Vol. 57, February 2001
Subjects: Africa, Assassinations & assassination attempts, Congo-Peoples Republic of Congo, International relations, Kabila, Joseph, Kabila, Laurent-Desiree, Peace negotiations, Presidents, War
...government, the rebel movements are largely in the ascendant In the north, Jean Pierre Bembas MLC now threatens the town of Mbandaka and the confluence of the Congo and Ubangi rivers. Seizure of either of these key points would leave Bemba less than a weeks...
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The Most Beautiful Place in the World
Magazine article by Ian Frazier, Jeffrey Tayler, Charles C Mann, Benjamin Schwarz; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 288, October 2001
Subjects: Congo River--Description and travel, Princess louisa, British Columbia--Description and travel, Rivers--Description and travel, Roads--Travel, Stadiums--Description and travel
...immediate and intoxicating sense of wonder. The second place is the 300-mile stretch of the Congo River between the towns of Mbandaka (on the Equator) and Lisala. There the jungle, a forest of teaks and palms, rubber trees and bombaxes, tumbles down to the...
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newspaper articles on: Mbandaka  - 4 results

 
 
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U.N. Force Delayed by Mutual Distrust
Newspaper article by Betsy Pisik; The Washington Times, February 26, 2000
Subjects: Congo, United Nations
...Kinshasa repeatedly has denied U.N. efforts to survey the town of Mbandaka and flatly refuses to permit international troops in Mbuji...has chosen both areas to deploy. "Weve never even been to Mbandaka," said the official. "We want them to put permission in writing...
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The U.N. Report
Newspaper article by Betsy Pisik; The Washington Times, May 12, 1997
Subjects: United Nations
...the Red Cross sent a team to check reports that a large body of refugees was headed toward the Congo near the Zairian town of Mbandaka, UNHCR spokesman Francis Kpatinde said. Zairian military sources put the number of refugees at 65,000. They said many are...
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U.N. Report Urges Trying Kabila Troops in Rwanda Court
Newspaper article by Betsy Pisik; The Washington Times, July 1, 1998
Subjects: Kabila, Laurent, United Nations
...indiscriminate bombing of residential areas claimed about 525 people, mostly after the retreat of humanitarian workers. * In Mbandaka, near the village of Wendji, soldiers cut off roads and apparently buried refugees and others in mass graves. * After Mr...
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Refugee Problems Remain Unabated: Internal Turmoil, Regional Conflicts Fueling Exodus
Newspaper article by Betsy Pisik; The Washington Times, December 8, 1997
Subjects: United Nations
...In the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly Zaire, where a U.N. investigative team is starting to till the earth around Mbandaka, human rights officials hope to find clues about thousands of Rwandans who are unaccounted for. The huge central African country...


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encyclopedia articles on: Mbandaka  - 3 results

 
 
1.
Mbandaka
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MBANDAKA mbanda ka, formerly Coquilhatville kokeyavel , city (1984 pop. 137,291), capital of Equateur province, W Congo (Kinshasa...
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Coquilhatville
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COQUILHATVILLE Congo (Kinshasa): see Mbandaka . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Congo, Democratic Republic of The
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...include Boma , Bukavu , Kalemie , Kamina , Kananga , Kisangani , Kolwezi , Likasi , Lubumbashi , Matadi , Mbandaka , and Mbuji-Mayi . The population of Congo comprises approximately 200 ethnic groups, the great majority of whom speak one...


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