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	Orientale, Congo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Orientale (also Oriental) (formerly Haut-Zaire) is a province of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
		The Ituri district of Orientale is the scene of the ongoing Ituri conflict.
		CDC "Map of the Democratic Republic of the Congo indicating the neighboring villages of Durba and Watsa, the epicenter of the 1998 outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever."
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orientale,_Congo (247 words)

	Congo, Democratic Republic of the. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		It borders on Angola in the southwest and west, on Cabinda and the Republic of the Congo in the west, on the Central African Republic and Sudan in the north, on Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania in the east, and on Zambia in the southeast.
		Congo lies astride the equator, and virtually all of the country is part of the vast Congo River drainage basin.
		The Congo’s mineral wealth is the mainstay of the economy, but the development of the mining industry has occurred at the expense of commercial agriculture.
	www.bartleby.com /65/co/Congo-Kin.html (4090 words)

	Democratic Republic of the Congo - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta
		The DRC is bounded on the north by the Central African Republic and Sudan; on the east by Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Lake Tanganyika (which separates the DRC from Tanzania); on the south by Zambia and Angola; and on the west by the Republic of the Congo and the Angolan exclave of Cabinda.
		Matadi, on the Congo estuary, is the DRC’s principal seaport.
		The principal seaports are Matadi and Boma, on the lower Congo River, and Banana, at the river’s mouth.
	encarta.msn.com /text_761561261___0/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo.html (9268 words)

	Congo, Democratic Republic of the - MSN Encarta
		Among other major cities are Lubumbashi (formerly Elisabethville), population 851,381 (1994 estimate), the capital of the Katanga region; and Kisangani (formerly Stanleyville), population 417,517 (1994 estimate), the main city and port of the interior region, situated at the limit of navigation on the Congo.
		At least 219 languages are spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, mainly from the Niger-Congo language family, but also many Nilo-Saharan languages.
		Congo Swahili has few mother-tongue speakers (found in some cities) but is used as a lingua franca by about 9.1 million people in the Katanga, North Kivu, South Kivu, and Maniema provinces, and the south-eastern part of the Orientale Province.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761561261_3/Congo_Democratic_Republic_of_the.html (536 words)

	Top20DemocraticRepublicoftheCongo.com - Your Top20 Guide to Democratic Republic of the Congo!
		It borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania on the east, Zambia and Angola on the south, and the Republic of the Congo on the west.
		The Congo territory was acquired formally by Leopold at the Conference of Berlin in 1885.
		The Congo is situated at the heart of the west-central portion of sub-Saharan Africa and is bounded by (Clockwise from the west) Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Central African Republic, the Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania across Lake Tanganyika, and Zambia.
	www.top20democraticrepublicofthecongo.com (4970 words)

	Ethnologue report for Democratic Republic of the Congo
		Orientale Province, Tshopo District, Bafwasende Territory, between the Tshopo River to the south and the Ituri River to the north, and on the north bank of the Ituri River.
		Orientale Province, Tshopo District, Bafwasende Territory, among the Bali, primarily in the Bakundumu and Bemili collectivités.
		Orientale Province, Mahagi and Aru territories, south of the Lowa River, west and northwest of Djalasiga, a pocket of Okebu on the border with Uganda.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=CD (7451 words)

	ipedia.com: Democratic Republic of the Congo Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It borders on Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia, Angola and the Gulf of Guinea.
		Congo was given to King Leopold II of Belgium in the Conference of Berlin in 1885.
		World War II smashed the idea that the white population was superior (the small Congolese army had several victories agaist the Italians in North-Africa), a fact that initiated the decolonisation process.
	www.ipedia.com /democratic_republic_of_the_congo.html (1653 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Orientale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The city is the terminus of steamer navigation on the Congo from Kinshasa and is a transportation center for NE Congo.
		Congo, Democratic Republic of the CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE [Congo, Democratic Republic of the] formerly Zaïre, republic (2005 est.
		It borders on Angola in the southwest and west, on Cabinda and the Republic of the Congo in the west, on the Central
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Orientale (436 words)

	Description and Travel
		George Grenfell and the Congo a history and description of the Congo Independent State and adjoining districts of Congoland, together with some account of the native peoples and their languages, the fauna and flora, and similar notes on the Cameroons and the island of Fernando Pô.
		Abstract: Discusses various peoples of the Congo region--including the kingdoms of Kongo and Kuba and the Yaka, Chokwe, Luba and Songye peoples--explains that their histories are interwoven by the shifting patterns of migration, trade, and conquests, and shows how their traditions influenced their sculptured art.
		In the Belgian Congo Thomas interviews hunter Eric Von Hippel on hippopotamus hunting; scientist Paul LeLoupe on his research in snake venom; 'white hunter' Christian Pollet on his relationship with his native tracker; and anthropologist Colin Turnbull on pygmies and the leopard man cult.
	diglib1.amnh.org /resources/bibliography/bibliographies/desc&trav2.htm (7196 words)

	SOLD DOWN THE RIVER \| DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The active concessions are in the provinces of Bas Congo, Bandundu, Orientale and Equateur.
		The Maiko National Park and Okapi Wildlife Reserve, for instance, are in the eastern regions of DRC currently occupied by the rebels and their foreign allies; the Virunga National Park is on the border with Uganda, one of the countries supporting the rebels.
		In some areas of Orientale where deforestation was already occurring in 1990, women of all ages have to walk longer and longer distances to obtain fuelwood, up to six or seven kilometres.
	www.forestsmonitor.org /reports/solddownriver/drc.htm (2800 words)

	Provinces of Congo (Kinshasa) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		From 1913 onwards the districts outside Katanga were regrouped into three provinces, which became headed by vice-governors general, enjoying a certain degree of self-government, by 1924.
		1 Jul 1960 Autonomous province of the Congo republic.
		28 Dec 1966 Reunification of the Orientale province.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Congo-K_Provinces_1960-1966.html (3721 words)

	Congo, Democratic Republic of the
		Throughout the year, in the Ituri district of Orientale Province, an area dominated by Ugandan and Ugandan-supported forces, fighting continued between members of the Lendu and Hema ethnic groups, which reportedly resulted in hundreds of killings and the displacement of thousands of persons (see Section 5).
		In April six ICRC employees were killed in Ituri district in Orientale Province, where fighting between the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups continued during the year (see Sections 1.a and 5).
		Throughout the year in the Ituri district in Orientale province, an area dominated by Ugandan and Ugandan-supported forces, fighting between members of the Lendu and Hema ethnic groups reportedly killed thousands of persons and displaced tens of thousands of persons.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/af/8322.htm (18356 words)

	AllRefer.com - Orientale (Democratic Republic Of The Congo Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Orientale, Democratic Republic Of The Congo Political Geography
		Orientale borders the Central African Republic and Sudan on the north and Uganda on the east.
		It is the nation's leading gold-mining region, and cotton, coffee, and palm oil are also produced.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/O/Oriental.html (240 words)

	Category:Democratic Republic of the Congo geography stubs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This category is for stub articles relating to geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
		Pages in category "Democratic Republic of the Congo geography stubs"
		Categories: Geography of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Category:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo_geography_stubs (102 words)

	Viral hemorrhagic fever: Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever, Mauritania at The Medical Dictionary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Orientale, Congo villages of Durba and Watsa were the epicenter of the 1998â“2000 outbreak of Marburg hemorrhagic fever.
		Congo virus: experimental infection of Hyalomma rufipes and transmission to a calf.
		Congo virus: a hitherto undescribed virus occurring in Africa.
	the-medical-dictionary.com /viral_hemorrhagic_fever_article_3.htm (4205 words)

	Ethnologue report for language code:lin
		A language of Democratic Republic of the Congo
		Widely used in Bandundu, Equateur, and Orientale provinces, except the southeast of Orientale.
		Spoken mainly in Brazzaville and the north of Congo.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_language.asp?code=lin (144 words)

	THE WAR WITHIN THE WAR
		The war which has spurred an increase in crimes of sexual violence against women in the eastern Congo is the local manifestation of a complex regional conflict which began in 1996 and has involved seven nations and many groups of armed combatants.
		In late 1996 the Rwandan government sent its troops into the Congo, asserting the need to impede preparations for attacks on Rwanda as well as any obligation to protect the Banyamulenge, Congolese of the Tutsi ethnic group, who were being threatened by local and national Congolese political authorities.
		The main military force of Rwandan Hutu in eastern Congo is the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (Armée pour la liberation du Rwanda, ALIR) which operates in North Kivu as ALIR I and in South Kivu as ALIR II.
	hrw.org /reports/2002/drc/Congo0602-03.htm (4727 words)

	Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Democratic Republic of Congo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Democratic Republic of the Congo andmdash; also referred to as DRC, DR Congo, Congo and Congo-Kinshasa, and formerly Zaire andmdash; is a nation in central Africa and the third largest country on the continent.
		The FP was an army, but its aim was not to defend the country, but to terrorise the local population The Force Publique made the practice of cutting off the limbs of the natives as a means of enforcing rubber quotas a matter of policy; this practice was disturbingly widespread.
		The tropical climate has also produced the Congo River system which dominates the region topographically along with the rainforest it flows through, (though they are not mutually exclusive).
	www.blinkbits.com /blinks/democratic_republic_of_congo (4966 words)

	Congo, Democratic Republic of the
		The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is nominally a highly centralized republic with a population of approximately 60 million.
		President Joseph Kabila heads a national transitional government, which was formed in June 2003 to end five years of civil war and is composed of former belligerent factions, including representatives from the former government, former rebel groups, civil society, and the political opposition.
		The soldiers, who had been part of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), a former rebel faction that was supposed to have been integrated into the country's military, reportedly went on a rampage after finding the mutilated body of one of their fellow soldiers.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61563.htm (15673 words)

	USAID: Transition Initiatives: DRC Field Report for May 2004
		There was speculation that the unrest in Bukavu may serve as a means to reinstalling a governor loyal to the RCD-G. National DDR continues to be inoperable but activities in support of the process are being funded and initiated by individual donors and through the Multi-Country Demobilisation and Reintegration Programme.
		Progress was made in the Ituri region of Province Orientale, northeastern Congo on May 14 when representatives of the seven armed militia groups operating in the region signed an agreement with the government to disarm and participate in the political transition.
		SECA officially launched its program in Kisangani, Orientale* Province with a ceremony attended by the acting Governor of Province Orientale, representatives of the Kisangani City Hall and of communities in Orientale province, and representatives international and national humanitarian agencies and non-governmental organizations.
	www.usaid.gov /our_work/cross-cutting_programs/transition_initiatives/country/congo/rpt0504.html (2183 words)

	WFP - World Hunger
		After five years of civil conflict, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is now in transition, moving slowly towards reunification and national elections.
		Violence in the Ituri district of the northern Orientale province, as well as in surrounding areas, continues to drive thousands of people from their homes.
		Localised fighting continues by numerous uncontrolled armed factions, particularly in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and South Kivu, and the Ituri district in the northern Orientale province.
	www.wfp.org /country_brief/indexcountry.asp?region=2§ion=9&sub_section=2&country=180 (1144 words)

	Voter registration extended in Orientale, Bas-Congo provinces (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		GOMA, 15 Aug 2005 (IRIN) - Voter registration was extended for an additional week on Sunday in the Democratic Republic of Congo provinces of Orientale and Bas-Congo due to transport and security difficulties, the chairman of the Independent Electoral Commission, Appollinaire Malu Malu, said.
		In Orientale Province, especially in its district of Ituri, insecurity has closed off some areas to electoral commission officials.
		Only 475,600 voters have registered in Orientale Province, 438,777 in Bas-Congo ahead of the July 2006 general election.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=48594 (311 words)

	Democratic Republic of Congo Provinces
		Provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Congo Kinshasa)
		At the start of the 20th century, the État Indépendant du Congo (Congo Free State) was the personal domain of King Léopold II of Belgium.
		Democratic Republic of Congo is divided into ten provinces and one ville neutre (neutral city).
	www.statoids.com /ucd.html (1178 words)

	Indians, Pakistanis Partners in U.N. Peacekeeping Effort in Congo
		Bunia, Ituri District, Democratic Republic of Congo -- Bloodshed and suffering are ending in this war-torn section of eastern Congo due in large part to cooperation between two traditional rivals -- India and Pakistan -- whose troops are now risking their lives to protect Congolese as part of the U.N. peacekeeping force called MONUC.
		Bunia, the administrative center for Ituri district, located in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Orientale Province, also oversees sub-offices in the towns of Aru, Kasenyi and Mahagi.
		Ituri, like much of eastern Congo, has been under constant turmoil since 1998, when a regional conflict with the DRC and its neighbors in the Great Lakes region set the stage for roving bands of rebels and militias to rape and pillage the countryside.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2006/06/mil-060606-usia01.htm (559 words)

	Ituri Forest Conservation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		WCS first came to the Ituri Forest in 1986 to study the little known rainforest giraffe, the okapi, with the aid of Mbuti Pygmies.
		Impressed by the wild, unexplored richness of this northeastern forest zone of the DR Congo, WCS helped create the Okapi Faunal Reserve (RFO) in 1992 and raised it to the level of a World Heritage Site.
		Recognizing the urgent need to discover the forest and the unique opportunity to work both with knowledgeable forest-dwelling pygmy groups and Congolese college students, WCS helped found and now manages a research and training center, CEFRECOF, at the heart of the reserve, which has facilitated the work of international researchers and Congolese students.
	www.wcs.org /international/Africa/drcongo/ituriforestconservation (651 words)

	Zaire
		Orientale - Orientale, formerly Haut-Zaïre, province (1984 pop.
		Congo, Democratic Republic of the - National Name: Republique Democratique du Congo President: Joseph Kabila (2001) Current government...
		The wars behind the war: looking for a piece of the action in Zaire.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108161.html (148 words)

	Congo Quiz
		Language of Oriental, South and North Kivus, Maniema and Katanga:
		Who was the second president of the Congo?
		Volcano in eastern Congo nearest to Goma town?
	www.congo-pages.org /katart/congoquiz.htm (161 words)

	MSF-USA: Press Release 09/02/1999
		The organization has 13 international staff in eastern Congo, three of whom are now working on the program in Ituri district in close collaboration with local staff.
		MSF and the International Committee of the Red Cross are the only foreign aid organizations in Congo’s Orientale province.
		Pneumonic Plague Outbreak Increases in Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo
	www.doctorswithoutborders.org /pr/1999/09-02-1999.cfm (505 words)

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