* National Road No. 1 connecting the Atlantic seaports with Kinshasa and southeast Katanga, the most important economic area of the country due to its copper and other mines.

The government in the capital city Kinshasa, the United Nations, the European Union, and bilateral partners which include Angola, South Africa, and Belgium are attempting to create a viable force with the ability to provide the DRC with stability and security.

In 1971 the army's force consisted of the 1st Groupement at Kananga, with one guard battalion, two infantry battalions, and a gendarmerie battalion attached, and the 2nd Groupement ( Kinshasa ), the 3rd Groupement ( Kisangani ), the 4th Groupement ( Lubumbashi ), the 5th Groupement ( Bukavu ), the 6th Groupement ( Mbandaka ), and the 7th Groupement ( Boma ).

Zambia was active in the Congolese peace effort after the signing of a cease-fire agreement in Lusaka in July and August 1999, although activity diminished considerably after the Joint Military Commission tasked with implementing the ceasefire relocated to Kinshasa in September 2001.

The boulevard goes past an interchange with a giant tower, the Tour de l ' Echangeur ( the main landmark of Kinshasa ) commemorating him.

Together with Kinshasa, the combined conurbation of Kinshasa-Brazzaville has thus nearly 12 million inhabitants ( although significant political and infrastructure challenges prevent the two cities from functioning with any meaningful connection ).

In order to distinguish between the two African countries with " Congo " in their names, the Republic of the Congo is sometimes called Congo-Brazzaville, as opposed to Congo-Kinshasa ( the Democratic Republic of the Congo, known from 1971 to 1997 as Zaire, the capital of which is Kinshasa ).

The city was built four years later in order to become a competitor with Léopoldville ( now Kinshasa ) which was built by the Belgians on the other side of the river.

It is also an important river port, with ferries sailing to Kinshasa and to Bangui via Impfondo.

* BRAKIN, the fusion city of Brazzaville and Kinshasa, urban analysis seminar with vectorised maps of the agglomeration by TU Darmstadt, 2009

From eastern Zaire, the rebels and foreign government forces under the leadership of President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Rwandan Minister of Defense Paul Kagame launched an offensive to overthrow Mobutu, joining forces with locals opposed to him as they marched west toward Kinshasa.

Matadi Bridge, a suspension bridge 722 m long with a main span of 520 m, built in 1983, crosses the river just south of Matadi, carrying the main road linking Kinshasa to the coast.

The importance of Lingala as a vernacular has since grown with the size and importance of its main center of use, Kinshasa ; with its use as the lingua franca of the armed forces, and with the popularity of soukous music.

At the time of the independence of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the province was part of the greater province of Leopoldville, along with the city of Kinshasa and the districts of Kwango, Kwilu and Mai-Ndombe.

The Rwandan government supported rebels in Zaire led by Laurent Kabila who overthrew the Kinshasa government with their help, and then fell out with them, leading to the Second Congo War.

Zinsou was a mediator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during that country's civil war in the late 1990s ; he arrived in Kinshasa on 20 September 1999, along with fellow mediator Padre Matteo Zuppi, and met with President Laurent-Désiré Kabila.

After the assassination of Lumumba in 1961, Antoine Gizenga installed a government that competed with the central government in Leopoldville ( now Kinshasa ).

Photography and analysis of everyday life in Kinshasa, together with extensive quotations from contemporary Congolese.

* October 30 – The Rumble in the Jungle takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire, where Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in 8 rounds to regain the Heavyweight title, which had been stripped from him 7 years earlier.

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* Tripoli-Cape Town Highway: this route crosses the western extremity of the country on National Road No. 1 between Kinshasa and Matadi, a distance of 285 km on one of the only paved sections in fair condition.

* Kinshasa is linked to Brazzaville ( Republic of the Congo ) by regular boat and ferry services 3. 5 km across the Congo River.

* 9, 965 km < sup > 2 </ sup > — Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

: The two second closest capital cities between two sovereign countries are Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, which are about apart, one upstream from the other on different banks of the Congo River ( the distance between the middle points is about 10 km ).

* 9 September – an Antonov operated by Air Kasai in the DRC crashes 50 km north of Brazzaville killing 14 including 4 crew on a flight from Buendé to Kinshasa

An unpaved road, roughly 250 km long, runs from this point to the main ( paved ) highway between Kinshasa and Kikwit.

* Kinshasa and other river ports via the Ubangui River to Bangui ( Central African Republic ).

The capital of the Republic of the Congo is Brazzaville, located on the Congo river immediately across from Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Congo river at Maluku ( Kinshasa ) | Maluku.

Kinshasa ( formerly Léopoldville ) and Brazzaville are on opposite sides of the river at the Pool, where the river narrows and falls through a number of cataracts in deep canyons ( collectively known as the Livingstone Falls ), running by Matadi and Boma, and into the sea at the small town of Muanda.

The river begins in Angola and serves as the border between Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ( DRC ), then flows into the DRC, where it joins the Congo at Kwamouth northeast of Kinshasa.

Kisangani is the nation ’ s major inland port after Kinshasa, an important commercial hub point for river and land transportation and a major marketing and distribution centre for the north-eastern part of the country.

Kisangani is the highest navigable point on the River Congo and the terminus of river traffic from Kinshasa and all ports operated by ONATRA.

Throughout April the ADFLC made consistent progress down the river, and by May was on the outskirts of Kinshasa.

Throughout the month of April the AFDL made consistent progress down the river, and by May were on the outskirts of Kinshasa.

Kikwit is also home to an airport and is connected to the capital Kinshasa by a new road and river transport.

There were plans to extend the railway line to Kinshasa, and the construction of a bridge over the Kasai river began in 1935, but was stopped after the unfinished bridge collapsed on 12 September 1937.

Bandundu was once a significant river port, as it is the largest town on the river between Kinshasa and Kikwit.

It is a river port with ferries sailing to Kinshasa via Mbandanka and is also home to an airport.

Lingala, spoken in the capital Kinshasa, is increasingly understood throughout the country, as the lingua franca of trade, spoken along the vast Congo river and its many tributaries.

# Northern Katanga, where Mai-Mai created by Laurent Kabila slipped out of the control of Kinshasa.

Note that the so-called Kinshasa Highway is not a physical road but a metaphor applied to the route by which AIDS is believed to have been spread east through Uganda and Kenya and neighbouring countries by truck drivers from the Congo.

In the DR Congo the only highway which physically matches the route is National Road No. 2, and most passengers and freight moving between Kinshasa and that road goes by boat along the Congo River.

* Kinshasa is founded by Henry Morton Stanley as a trading outpost called Léopoldville.

Pursued by troops loyal to Mobutu he was finally captured in Port Francqui on 1 December 1960 and flown to Leopoldville ( now Kinshasa ) in ropes not handcuffs.

Following riots in Kinshasa by unpaid soldiers, Mobutu brought opposition figures into a coalition government, but he still connived to retain control of the security services and important ministries.

On 12 May 1997, as Laurent-Désiré Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo rebels were advancing on Gbadolite, Mobutu had the remains flown by cargo plane from his mausoleum to Kinshasa where they waited on the tarmac of N ' djili Airport for three days.

* 30 October in Kinshasa, Zaire – Muhammad Ali regained the World Heavyweight title by knocking out George Foreman in the eighth round of what was called The Rumble in the Jungle.

It was discovered at the Prince Léopold Mine, Kipushi, Shaba, Congo ( Kinshasa ) in 1965 by Francotte and others, and named for Gaston Briart who had studied formations at Kipushi.

On May 12, 1997, as Laurent-Désiré Kabila's ADFL rebels were advancing on Gbadolite, Mobutu had the remains flown by cargo plane to Kinshasa where they waited on the tarmac of N ' djili Airport for three days.

On March 28, 2003, an apparent coup attempt or mutiny around the capital Kinshasa, allegedly on the part of members of the former guard of former president Mobutu Sese Seko ( who had been ousted by Kabila's father in 1997 and died in the same year ), failed.

As President Kabila is Anglican, and Ms Lembe di Sita is Catholic, the wedding ceremonies were ecumenical, and were therefore officiated by both the Catholic Archbishop of Kinshasa, Cardinal Frederic Etsou Bamungwabi, and Pierre Marini Bodho – Presiding Bishop of the Church of Christ in Congo, the umbrella church for most denominations in the Congo, known within the country simply as " The Protestant Church ".

The Pombo, still farther east but close to the Zairian border, were much influenced by developments in the Belgian Congo ( present-day Zaire ), and a large contingent of Pombo living in Léopoldville ( present-day Kinshasa ) formed a political party in the early 1950s.

The Rural part of Kinshasa is encompassed by the communes of Maluku and ( partially ) Nsele ;

They have included such events as the secession of Katanga backed by Belgium, the murder of the Prime Minister Lumumba by the Belgian secret services, the expulsion of the Belgian ambassador in the 1960s, the banning of the Sabena company from landing in Kinshasa, and " authentic Zaïrian " policy.