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"CONGO" related terms, short phrases and links (Archive 2003) Congo is a net electricity importer, purchasing approximately one-fourth of its requirements from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Congo (Brazzaville)- An annotated guide to internet resources. CONGO is the Conference of NGOs with Consultative Status to ECOSOC (Economic and Social Council) and has some 16 NGO Committees. keywen.com /Regional/Africa/Congo/index.htm

Adamawa-Ubangi languages --  Encyclopædia Britannica It is bounded by Ethiopia to the east, Kenya to the southeast, Uganda and Congo (Kinshasa) to the south, and the Central African Republic to the west. formerly Adamawa-Eastern languages branch of the Niger-Congo language family consisting of 120 languages spoken by approximately 12 million people in an area that stretches from northeastern Nigeria across northern Cameroon, southern Chad, the Central African Republic, and northern Congo (Kinshasa) into southwestern Sudan. It is widely acknowledged that African music has undergone frequent and decisive changes throughout the centuries. www.britannica.com /eb/article?eu=3689

Tshiluba language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Tshiluba is spoken by about 6.3 million people in the Kasaï Occidental and Kasaï Oriental provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Languages of the Democratic Republic of the Congo This page was last modified 11:55, 15 Nov 2004. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tshiluba_language

Winne.com - Report on Congo DRC, Paving the reconstruction Cataract dialect in lower Congo region and around Mbanza Manteke, Fioti north of Boma and scattered communities along the Congo River from Brazzaville to its mouth. Dialects: SOUTH CONGO, CENTRAL KONGO, WEST KONGO (FIOTE, FIOTI), BWENDE (BUENDE), LAADI, EAST KONGO, SOUTHEAST KONGO, NZAMBA (DZAMBA). Transport - People - Languages - Congo beliefs - Unique flavours - Music www.winne.com /congo/bf09.html

Ethnologue report for Congo Data accuracy estimate: A2, B. The number of languages listed for Congo is 61. Likouala Region, small group on west bank of Oubangui River, midway between Impfondo and confluence with the Congo River. [MGH] Likouala Region, on the west bank of the Oubangui River, upstream from the confluence with the Congo River. www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Congo

Click Afrique: Magazine: History: The Origin of African Country Names Congo - Named after the 15th Kingdom of Kongo which thrived on both banks of the River Congo, extending into Modern day Congo, Congo DR, Angola and Zambia. Upper Volta reffered to its geographical location in relation to the Volta river. Also formerly known as Zaire a traditional local name for River Congo. www.clickafrique.com /0500rpt/politics2105.asp

CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background In October 2002, the new president was successful in getting occupying Rwandan forces to withdraw from eastern Congo; two months later, an agreement was signed by all remaining warring parties to end the fighting and set up a government of national unity. Since 1997, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC; formerly called Zaire) has been rent by ethnic strife and civil war, touched off by a massive inflow in 1994 of refugees from the fighting in Rwanda and Burundi. Burundi troops, seeking to secure their borders, intervened in the conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1998. www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html

History of Ijaws and Neighbors in Southern Nigeria If this view is correct, Niger-Congo would have originated farther east than is us ually assumed, perhaps to the northwest of the present-day central Sudan. The Congo family, in Sudan, is assumed to have moved eastwards. www.earthrights.net /nigeria/history.html

LBJ & the Congo Congo became independent June 30, 1960, but civil war Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana (indep 1957) was militant nationalist, but accepted US-Brit-World Bank aid for Kaiser-Reynolds-Alcoa-Olin Mathieson project called Valco (Volta Aluminum Co.) to build Volta Dam in 1960 also supported Nkrumah, despite criticism of U.S. role in Congo affairs history.acusd.edu /gen/20th/LBJ/lbj-congo.html

ImagesAfrica The Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Benin, Gabon, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo, Upper Volta, and Zaire. It is a member of the Niger- Congo family. A Bantu language, part of the Niger- Congo family. www.imagesafrica.com /html/languages.htm

French Colonies - Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) (later Gen.) Sangoulé Lamizana (president, 1966-80), Upper Volta enjoyed more civil liberties than most other African countries. A Mossi-dominated political party headed by Maurice Yameogo led Upper Volta to independence in 1960. It is bounded by Niger to the east, Mali to the north and west, and Benin, Togo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast to the south. www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Burkina_Faso.shtml

Ghana Ethnic Groups On the west, the Volta separates the Ewe from the Ga-Adangbe, Ga, and Akan. Ewe as a second language: A sociolinguistic survey of Ghana's central Volta region. Subdivisions of the Ewe include the Anglo (Anlo), Bey (Be), and Gen on the coast, and the Peki, Ho, Kpando, Tori, and Ave in the interior. www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/tribes/ewe.html

OuagaNet.com The name Upper Volta is now relegated to the museum of antiquities along with other relics. Like many other countries in Africa, Upper Volta is a French former colony. Prior to 1984, Burkina Faso used to be called Upper Volta (Haute Volta in French). www.ouaganet.com

ROYALTY - Old Vintage Antique Postcard Postcards upper-volta_ethnic52471 - UPPER VOLTA (now Burkina Faso) - Ouagadougou : The Mogho Naba, Emperor of the Mossi, with the chiefs of the provinces [Ouagadougou : Mogho Naba et Chefs de Province] (Published by Mission d'Ouagadougou) (Unused Postcard). upper-volta_ethnic52470 - UPPER VOLTA (now Burkina Faso) - Mogho Naba, Great Chief of the Mossi [Mogho Naba, Grand Chef du pays Mossi] (Published by Mission d'Ouagadougou) (Unused Postcard). french_congo66822 - CONGO (French) - Chief Missanga and his pregnant wife in 1904 (M'Goko tribe) (Published by Chaussé) (Unused Postcard). www.postcardman.net /royalty_bis.html

Anatine Timeline of World History Nigeria, Zaire, Niger, Mali, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Mauritania, Senegal, Dahomey, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo and Somalia become independent (1960) Jamaica, Uganda, Cyprus and Algeria become independent (1962) Women over 21 get vote in UK (1928) www.anatine.co.uk /timeline.htm

Soldier and State in Africa: A Comparative Analysis of Military Intervention and Political Change - Welch, Claude E., Jr., ed. Includes chapters on the roots and implications of military intervention, the military and politics: Dahomey and Upper Volta, Congo-Kinshasa: General Mobutu and two political generations, arms and politics in Ghana, the Algerian army in politics, and the military and political change in Africa. Africa Military Politics Dahomey Joseph Mobutu Ghana Algeria Congo Upper Volta www.groundzerobooksltd.com /store/013110.htm

French Colonies - Congo (formerly Middle Congo) Consult this valuable resource before traveling to Congo, to assess the relative risks of diseases such as African Sleeping Sickness, AIDS/HIV, cholera, Ebola virus, hepatitis, malaria, tuberculosis, typhoid and yellow fever, etc. Animal hazards include snakes (mambas, adders, vipers, cobras), centipedes, scorpions, and black widow spiders. In 1883 part of the area became a French protectorate, and in 1910 the Congo joined French Equatorial Africa (FEA), which, with its capital at Brazzaville, also included what is now Chad, the Central African Republic, and Gabon. According to the Ethnologue, there are roughly 60 living languages and dialects spoken in Congo, though the predominant ones are Munukutuba, Lingala, Punu, and dialects of Teke. www.discoverfrance.net /Colonies/Congo.shtml

RESULTS 17/12/1984 - UDEAC Cup in Congo - Congo 3-0 Gabon 15/12/1990 - UDEAC Cup in Congo - Congo 1-0 Gabon 13/12/2003 - CEMAC Cup in Congo - Congo 1-0 Gabon privatewww.essex.ac.uk /~mcruic/GABON.htm

Ghanaian Languages GONJA (Ghana) Alternate language names NGBANYITO Dialect names GONJA, CHORUBA (CHOROBA), DUMPO (NDMPO) Genetic affiliation Niger-Congo, Atlantic-Congo, Volta-Congo, Kwa, Nyo, Potou-Tano, Tano, Guang, North Guang Geographical region West central, around the Upper Volta River Population 138,500 (1991 L. Vanderaa CRC) Remarks It is not intelligible with Chumburu. Dictionary in progress Total speakers 551,400 Religion 90% traditional religion, 8% Christian, 2% Muslim Also in Burkina Faso www.ghanaweb.com /GhanaHomePage/tribes/lang.html

Burkina Faso Tournoi Amical 1984 Benin 2-0 Congo 30- 7 China Youth 1-0 Benin Upper Volta - Congo 1- 8 Upper Volta 3-1 Benin ?- ? Played on the occasion of Upper Volta changing name to Burkina Faso. China Youth - Congo Group B 28- 7 Algeria Esp. 1-1 Ghana ?- ? www.rsssf.com /tablesb/burkf-amical84.html

Occurrence Map List Volta, Baku Dam, Volta system, requires matching against distributional range Black Volta, Black Volta, Mombelu near Lawra, requires matching against distributional range Lambert J. Lambert, J. Congo Belge, Lambert J., Gangala na Bodio, riv. www.fishbase.org /museum/OccurrencesList.cfm?id=2425

Bamako 1979 - Final Report Sango               (Central African Republic., Chad, Congo, Zaire, Cameroon) In this respect, the following list was drawn up, which is not necessarily exhaustive. In addition to this minimal definition criterion, the participants also adopted the following additional criteria which are intended to guide politicians in the event of making joint selections at the regional or continental level: www.bisharat.net /Documents/Bamako79en-Report.htm

About Viemo Viemo is the principle language of the Burkina Faso region in Congo, Africa.. Literacy rate in second language: 5% in Jula, 1% in French. www.viemofilms.com /About%20Viemo.htm

Unimaps.com - Site Map Throughout this text -and in fact thoughout all of Unimaps, we have described the Democratic Republic of Congo as Congo (Zaire), and Republic of Congo as Congo. city, 1500m above sea level, near Congo (Zaire) border, north central Zambia former name for Lubumbashi, city, south eastern Congo (Zaïre) www.unimaps.com /index_places.html

BBC NEWS World Africa Country profiles Timeline: Burkina Faso 1947 - Upper Volta re-established as a separate territory within French West Africa. 1919 - Upper Volta becomes separate constituent territory of French West Africa. 1932 - Upper Volta divided up between Cote d'Ivoire and French Sudan. news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1032000/1032662.stm

Register to the Photograph Collection of the White Fathers Countries represented include: Algeria, Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta), Burundi, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Rhodesia (check), Rwanda (Ruanda-Urundi), Sudan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia The greatest number of prints concern Ghana, followed by Tanzania. The White Fathers also succeeded in establishing missions among the Berbers of Jurjura (Algeria), in the Sudan, Uganda, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) and the upper Congo by the 1880s. Despite resistance from local chiefs and governments, the society continued to expand, setting up hospitals, elementary, normal and technical schools and seminaries in Africa as well as training schools in Canada, Belgium, Holland, Germany and France. www.nmnh.si.edu /naa/fa/whitefathers.htm

Kidlink: Angola's Aboriginal Languages KONGO (KIKONGO, KIKOONGO, CONGO, CABINDA) 1,144,000 in Angola (1990), 13% of the population (1990 WA); 1,000,000 in Zaïre (1986 UBS); 3,217,000 in all countries (1991 UBS). www.kidlink.org /kie/africa/angola/languages.html

NORTH VOLTA-CONGO - LanguageServer - University of Graz Group path: NIGER-CONGO » ATLANTIC CONGO » VOLTA-CONGO » NORTH VOLTA-CONGO buti.kfunigraz.ac.at /ls/group?id=461

VOLTA-CONGO - LanguageServer - University of Graz Group path: NIGER-CONGO » ATLANTIC CONGO » VOLTA-CONGO buti.kfunigraz.ac.at /ls/group?id=455

LINGALA LINGALA: a language of Democratic Republic of Congo Literacy rate in second language: 25% to 75%. www.firstchoiceint.com /lingala.htm

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