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  Emory University: Linguistic Anthropology: Bemba A Linguistic Profile
Dialects: Principal dialects are: Aushi, Bemba, Bisa, Chishinga, Kunda, Lala, Lamba, Luunda, Ng'umbo, Swaka, Tabwa, and Unga.
Bemba was also selected by the colonial administration as one of the four main indigenous languages (along with Lozi, Nyanja, and Tonga) to be used in education and mass media.
Bemba is one of the seven official Zambian languages (along with Kaonde, Lozi, Lunda, Luvale, Nyanja, and Tonga).
www.anthropology.emory.edu /FACULTY/ANTDS/Bemba/profile.html   (2435 words)

  
  The Raw Story | DRCongo accuses former rebel Bemba of 'high treason'
Bemba insisted Friday that he was the victim of a government onslaught.
Bemba, who refused to confirm Friday that he was hiding in the South African embassy, was elected a senator in January, a position that carries immunity from prosecution during the term of office.
Bemba and Azarias Ruberwa, whose rebel movements battled Kinshasa until 2003, were vice presidents under Kabila during a post-war transition to democratic rule overseen by the United Nations.
rawstory.com /news/afp/DRCongo_accuses_former_rebel_Bemba__03232007.html   (792 words)

  
 News: Great Lakes, Bemba formally contests result of DRC presidential vote
It was Sessanga who submitted the challenge to the election result on behalf of Bemba, a former rebel leader who is now one of the DRC's four vice-presidents and one of its richest men.
Bemba reacted by rejecting the provisional results and vowing to use "all legal channels" to contest them.
The administrative district, where both the Suprem Court and Bemba's residences are located, witnessed clashes in August between rival supporters of the president and his deputy in which at least 23 people died.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-6VQ3J8?OpenDocument&RSS20=02-P   (620 words)

  
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Barnes, B. and C. Doke (1929) The pronounciation of the Bemba language.
Sharman, J. and A. Meeussen (1955) The representation of structural tone with special reference to the tonal behaviour of the verb in Bemba, Northern Rhodesia.
Sharman, J. (1956) The tabulation of tenses in a Bantu language (Bemba: Northern Rhodesia).
www.albany.edu /~lb527/Bemba.html   (386 words)

  
 News: Great Lakes, Bemba's military force reduced in DRC capital
Around 50 members of Bemba's guard left their barracks inside his Kinshasa residence with their families in the early morning, officers from the army and Bemba's camp confirmed to AFP.
Bemba has formally contested the result of the landmark presidential election, which was won by incumbent President Joseph Kabila.
Bemba's supporters then looted and burnt down part of the court building, halting a hearing into his election challenge.
www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/TKAE-6VU34Z?OpenDocument&RSS20=02-P   (738 words)

  
 taz, die tageszeitung :: Archiv
Allerdings leiten Bemba und seine Verbündeten einen moralischen Wahlsieg daraus ab, dass Bemba in sechs der elf Provinzen des Kongo die Mehrheit erzielt hat, Kabila aber nur in fünf; allerdings war in Kabilas Provinzen die Wahlbeteiligung durchweg höher, teils verdächtig hoch.
Bembas Bündnis wirft der Wahlkommission schon seit Tagen Wahlfälschung vor.
Zum anderen spricht Bembas Wahlbündnis von mit Kabila-Stimmen gefüllten Wahlurnen in Teilen Ostkongos sowie von verdächtig hohen Anteilen für ungültig erklärter Stimmzettel in Kabila-Hochburgen, nachdem die gesetzlich zugelassenen Bemba-Wahlbeobachter ausgesperrt wurden.
www.taz.de /pt/2006/11/16/a0151.1/text.ges,1   (588 words)

  
 IRIN Africa | Great Lakes | DRC | DRC: Profile: Jean-Pierre Gombo Bemba - Mouvement de libération du Congo | ...
NAIROBI, 23 August 2006 (IRIN) - Bemba, 44, is a serving vice-president in charge of finance in the Democractic Republic of Congo's transitional government, and one of two contenders in the second round of presidential elections scheduled for 29 October.
He and other Bemba supporters said they had only decided to vote for Bemba a couple of weeks earlier, based upon the content of his speeches and the thrust of his presidential campaign.
Bemba's links with Mobutu are not limited to the fact that they both come from Equateur province; one of Bemba's sisters is married to Mobutu's son, Zanga, who also ran for president in the first round of the DRC's July elections.
www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=55246&SelectRegion=Great_Lakes&SelectCountry=DRC   (630 words)

  
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Bemba refuses to accept provisional results showing Kabila defeated him by 58.05 percent of the votes to his 41.95 percent in the historic Democratic Republic of Congo elections.
Congolese officials accuse soldiers loyal to Bemba of firing automatic weapons during Tuesday's riot, in which the Supreme Court was set ablaze and ransacked.
Bemba's and Kabila's supporters and soldiers have fought gunbattles in Kinshasa's streets in the past few months.
www.alertnet.org /thenews/newsdesk/L2293657.htm   (706 words)

  
 Congo tense as Bemba vows to contest Kabila win - 17 Nov 2006 - NZ Herald: World / International News
Vice-President Bemba, who led a rebel group in Congo's 1998-2003 war, rejected the provisional result announced by electoral officials as some of his youthful supporters stoned police and cars in the riverside capital Kinshasa.
In a statement broadcast by a TV station he controls, Bemba rejected an announcement by the electoral commission late on Wednesday which gave Kabila victory with 58.05 per cent of the votes against 41.95 per cent for Bemba.
As Bemba's aides prepared a strategy to challenge the result, foreign governments and leaders urged all sides in the war-scarred country to accept the polls outcome peacefully.
www.nzherald.co.nz /section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10411257   (655 words)

  
 Kabila-Bemba : qui gagnera ? - Lalibre.be
Joseph Kabila a obtenu 44 pc au premier tour, Jean-Pierre Bemba 20 pc.
D'abord parce qu'au premier tour, il a remporté 44 pc des voix, contre 20 pc à son rival, Jean-Pierre Bemba, soit un écart de 24 pc, ce qui est considérable.
Si oui, elle sera sans doute favorable à Jean-Pierre Bemba, Kinshasa étant notoirement hostile au Président sortant.
www.lalibre.be /article.phtml?id=10&subid=83&art_id=311050   (625 words)

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