Richard Muyej Mangez is a Congolese politician.
Unanimously adopting resolution 1742 (2007) and acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, the Council requested the Secretary-General to report, as soon as possible and not later than 15 March, on his consultations with the Congolese authorities and to submit recommendations on adjustments the Council might consider making to the mandate and capacities of MONUC.
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At a meeting in Entebbe, Uganda, the Congolese government delegation left the talks after a failure to agree to a wording of a document intended to officially end the insurgency.
Lupelta (Katherine Noisette) is a mixed-race Congolese girl who was stolen at birth and raised by a hostile tribe.
Born in Chililabombwe, near the Congolese border, Katebe began his career with Afrisports FC.
At this time the decision is taken to commit Congolese troops to the British campaign against the Italians in Abyssinia.
Awilo Longomba is a Congolese musician who was a drummer in Viva la Musica, Stukas, Nouvelle Generation and Loketo.
Herman Camille Oponga Ayessa (born January 24, 1978 in Brazzaville) is a Congolese football defender currently playing for ES Viry-Châtillon in the French Championnat de France Amateurs.
He was also very active at this time as a member of legendary world music trailblazers 3 Mustaphas 3, as well as enjoying a varied diet of gigs with Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, Congolese soukous band Taxi Pata Pata and Ashley Slater's Microgroove.
Christian Malanga Musumari (commonly known as Christian Malanga, born January 2, 1983) is a Congolese politician, businessmen, and former military officer.
Growing up, Albrecht was listening to a lot of different musical genre : soul, R&B, Funk, Pop, Brazilian music (MPB, Bossa-Nova) and African music such as Makossa, Marabentta or Congolese Rumba.
It was the BSAC's failure to get Msiri to sign up Garanganza as a British Protectorate which lost the Congolese Copperbelt to Northern Rhodesia, and some in the BSAC complained that the British missionaries Frederick Arnot and Charles Swan could have done more to help, although their Plymouth Brethren mission had a policy of not being involved in politics.
in June 2011 a fight broke out in Pweto between militants of the People's Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD) and those of Congolese Solidarity for Democracy over participation in the June 30 parade.
Jean-Marie Daniel "Danny" Mwanga (born July 17, 1991 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-American footballer who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.
Edouard (Katiti) Masengo (born 1933 in Kafubu, Haut-Katanga District, Democratic Republic of the Congo - 27 March, 2003) was a Congolese guitarist.
In 2011 a protest was held outside the embassy by the Congolese International Rights group, alleging irregularities in the 2011 Congolese election.
He was a member of the soukous band TPOK Jazz, led by François Luambo Makiadi, which dominated the Congolese music scene from the 1950s through the 1980s.
In the year 2000, a film called Lumumba portrayed him as being involved during his service in Congo in the murder of Congolese independence leader Patrice Lumumba.
Funmi Iyanda joined South African rock band the Parlotones, South African actress Rosie Motene, human rights lawyer, Ann Njogu, Congolese singer Barbara Kanam, and many African women and men who play an active role in their countries on the gruelling trek up Kilimanjaro.
Gabriel Abdala Zakuani (born 31 May 1986) is a Congolese footballer who plays for Kalloni.
Bowane rose to prominence in the late 1940s Leopoldville African music scene, in which Cuban style music combined with Lingala and pan-Congolese styles.
Historian Gérard Prunier in a 2009 publication states that Numbi, along with Augustin Katumba Mwanke, Samba Kaputo, Kalume and Marcellin Cishambo, are the "old palace guard" who "are the ones actually running things" in the Congolese government.
He is a specialist of Congolese and Gabonese culture, society, and politics, and is currently professor of sociology at the University of Omar Bongo in Libreville.
Eugène Kabongo (born November 3, 1960 in Kinshasa), a former Congolese soccer player
In 2011, Kasai Allstars took part in the Congotronics vs Rockers project, a "superband" including ten Congolese and ten indie rock musicians (also including members of Deerhoof, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Konono No.1, Skeletons and Juana Molina), who collaborated to create a common repertoire and performed at 15 major festivals and venues in ten countries.
According to the church, Simon Kimbangu is said to have come down to earth from Mount Zion as a Congolese infant.
The 1996 book Congo Journey, by British travel writer Redmond O'Hanlon, describes in some detail his journey through Congo to Lake Tele in search of Mokèlé-mbèmbé, as well as giving a rich description of local fauna, flora and Congolese cultural practices and relations with the indigenous Pygmy peoples.
Joseph Athanase Tchamala Kabaselleh (16 December 1930 in Matadi, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) – 11 February 1983 in Paris, France), popularly known as Le Grand Kallé, was a Congolese singer and bandleader, considered the father of modern Congolese music.
His cultural commitment to the Congo led him to found and direct the Institute of Congolese Studies, a commitment which turned into political activism alongside Patrice Lumumba, future Prime Minister, who renewed many years later as an adviser of the first President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Laurent Kabila.
His father was a member of the armed forces of the Belgian Congo, then of the Congolese National Army.
Nathalie Makoma, born on 24 February 1982 in Kinshasa became, a well-known Dutch-Congolese singer in her own right, .
Marcel Kimemba Mbayo (born 23 April 1978 in Lubumbashi) is a Congolese footballer who plays as a midfielder for A.F.C. Tubize
As Mbarara is located near the south-western border of the country it is not surprising that naturalised Congolese players often dominated their first team.
He was once a member of the soukous band TPOK Jazz, led by François Luambo Makiadi, which dominated the Congolese music scene from the 1950s through the 1980s.
Muscal Mvuezolo-Musumbu (born 30 March 1979 in Kinshasa) is a Congolese-Belgian football player currently plays for A.F.C. Tubize in Belgium.
Albert Milambo-Mutamba, known as Mutamba Milambo (born 1 December 1984 in Mbuji-Mayi) is a Congolese football midfielder.
In 2000, she recorded a version of Serge Gainsbourg's "Je t'aime... moi non plus", with Congolese singer Koffi Olomidé and performed it in front of 17,000 spectators at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy.
North Teke, or Tɛgɛ (Tege, Teghe, Itege), is a member of the Teke languages dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau.
Occupé Bayenga Lopalo (born 8 November 1989) is a Congolese naturalized Chilean footballer who plays for Universidad de Concepción as a striker.
The work, which in many ways marks the beginning of Congolese national literature in French, depicts traditional beliefs during the colonial period in a story set on the banks of the Congo River.
Pierre Kalala Mukendi (born 22 November 1939 in Likasi) is a Congolese football forward who played for Zaire and also played for TP Engelbert called now TP Mazembe.
Congolese oil has been largely exploited by the French company Elf Aquitaine since its discovery around 1980.
Bedaya Singuila N'Garoest better known as Singuila (born September 19, 1977 in Suresnes, France) is a French singer of Congolese and Central African descent.
When the young teacher began writing for the theatre later that year, he adopted the pen name "Sony La'bou Tansi" as a tribute to Tchicaya U Tam'si, a fellow Congolese writer who wrote politically charged poetry about oppressive nature of the state.
The Tsege language, Tchitchege, is a member of the Teke dialect continuum of the Congolese plateau.
On Guard was active in a famous protest at the United Nations of the American-sponsored Bay of Pigs Cuban invasion and was active in support of the Congolese liberation leader Patrice Lumumba.
Walter Silva Bakouma Sitou, known as Walter Bakouma (born November 14, 1980 in Mvouti) is a Congolese professional football player.
Yves Makabu-Ma-Kalambay (born 31 January 1986) is a Congolese footballer goalkeeper who is currently playing for Royal Antwerp F.C. in Belgian Second Division.
The Congolese Azande live in Orientale Province, specifically along the Uele River; and the Central African Azande live in the districts of Rafaï, Zémio, and Obo.