At Least 15 Dead In Congo Soccer Stadium Stampede
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — A stampede at a soccer stadium in Congo’s capital on Sunday killed at least 15 people and injured more than a dozen, government officials said.
The stampede at the Tata Raphael Stadium in Kinshasa happened toward the end of a match between two popular Congolese teams, AS Vita Club and TP Mazembe, according to a statement from the Interior Ministry read on national television late Sunday.
At least 21 people were injured during the melee, said Gov. Andre Kimbuta, who has set up a commission to investigate the incident.
Witnesses told U.N.-backed Radio Okapi that police fired tear gas into the crowd after angry fans threw objects onto the field in the final minutes of the match on the last day of the league season. The home team, AS Vita, was losing 1-0.
The stampede then caused a recently restored wall and gate to collapse, African…
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[Today in History] May 11th
DEATHS
2014 – Mira Mikanza alias KoKo Swing, congolese comedian, dies in Kinshasa
GLOBAL
1995 – In New York City, more than 170 countries decide to extend the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty indefinitely and without conditions.
“Twimbe” by Benjamin Mulamba
Title: Twimbe
Artist: Benjamin Mulumba
Album: Midi
Year: 2012
[Today in History] May 9th
CONGO
1995 – Kinshasa, Zaire under quarantine after an outbreak of Ebola virus
[Interview] Kambale Musavuli
Ces vidéos très intéressantes sont en anglais.
Interesting comments and analysis by Kambale Musavuli of Congolese history and major events in Congo that are all linked to USA from a way or another. These videos comfort my belief that wherever the US intervene, not only in Congo, they only leave a big mess behind that local populations have to deal with for decades. As long as their interest are untouched…
Dec 1, 2011 – Obama, the US and 5 Million Deaths in The Congo
Dec 5, 2011 – Congo: Chaos By Design
Dec 12, 2011 – The US, Mining and Dictators in the Congo
Mar 12, 2012 – Kony 2012 Hides US Support for Repressive Ugandan Regime
Mar 16, 2012 – US Supports Election Fraud in Congo
Dec 3, 2012 – With US Blessing, Rwanda Backs M23 Rebels in Congo
Dec 6, 2012 – Is Susan Rice “Bad for Congo”
[Discography] Papa Wemba
Real Name: Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba
Profession: Singer, songwriter
Birth Date: June 14th, 1949
Place of Birth: Lubefu, Sankuru District, West Kasayi, Belgian Congo
Official Website
1986 – L’Esclave
Tracklist
Esclavo
Dios ve todo
Mukaji Wanyi
Zonga Zonga
Efeka Mandundu
Dad al César
Bukavu Dawa
Ufuku Tanu
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1988 – Destin Ya Moto
Tracklist
Destin Ya Moto
Kabibi Ya Stella
Lissiki
Asha Mupenzi
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1989 – Place Vendôme
Tracklist
Place Vendôme
Beti Impératrice
Oyo Mbokate
Bena Fruit D’amour
Jeune Homme Ya Paris
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1990 – Ekumani
Tracklist
Love Kilawu
Vivi
Galilée
Yende – Indi – Boy
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1992 – Le Voyageur
Tracklist
Maria valencia
Lingo lingo
Le voyageur
Ombela
Jamais kolonga
Matinda
Yoko
Madilamba
Zero
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1994 – Foridoles
Tracklist
Dixième commandement
Bravo Cathy
Oldies are goodies
Nzete ya sequoia
Foridoles
Référence
Aladji-Djambo
Winamol
Latin-lovers
Moyi
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1994 – Papa Wemba
Tracklist
M’Fono Yami
Bakwetu
Analengo
Mukaji Wanyi
Bokulaka
Hambayi Ede
Esclave
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1995 – Pole Position
Tracklist
Kaokokokorobo
Après tout
Perdu de vue
Soul Gbemani
Jingle Amina
Overdose
Nani témoin
Endenda (Ufukutanu)
Toutou kamuké
Sema spraya
Mississippi
Hommage
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1995 – Emotion
Tracklist
Yolele
Mandola
Show Me The Way
Fa Fa Fa Fa Fa (Sad Song)
Rail On
Shofele
Image
Sala Keba
Awa Y’ Okeyi
Epelo
Ah Ouais
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1996 – Zea
Tracklist
Zou-Zou maya-Maya
Bonzenga
Mille soucis
Abidjan
Mimi la rwandaise
Match nul
Zea
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1997 – Nouvelle Ecriture
Tracklist
Sai Sai
She Chanta
Effo Perso
Mamu Kapinga
Mama
Jeancy See
Est-Ce Que..?
Djo
Consolation
Ba Diamants
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1997 – Évènement
Tracklist
Mafiozo
Sentiment Langa-Langa
Pauvre Diable
Ofukutano
Okomaki Te
Melina La Parisienne
Melina La Parisienne 2
Événement
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1998 – Molokai (Live)
Tracklist
Excuse me
Zero
Bakwetu
Image
If the children cry
Sakana
Shofele
M’Fono yami
Epelo
Awa Y’okeyi
Esclave
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1999 – Mzee Fula Ndenge
Tracklist
Fula Ngenge
Abu Pia
Rubbin, Sephora & Ruth
Bonjour Daddy
Phrase
M’Odikenda
Moperewe
O’koningana
Etaleli
Elongi Ya Jésus
Maria
Martina B
Bibi, Mwana ya Shaba
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1999 – Mwana Matebu
Tracklist
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2001 – Legend
Tracklist
Sema Spraya
Oldies Are Goodies
Mere Superieure
M’odikenda
Asha Mupenzi ft. Luciana
Love Kilawu
Mama
Bakwetu
Kaokokokorobo
Extra Large
Youdoufisi
Foridoles
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2001 – Bakala Dia Kuba
Tracklist
Pourquoi tu n’es pas là
Ainsi soit-il (accoustique)
Fondation Mundele
No comment Eva
Mawe
Omesatone
Bakala dia Kuba
Vanité des Vanités
Toutou ma biche
Sujet de prières
Mère Première
Ainsi soit-il
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2003 – Somo Trop
Tracklist
Somo trop
St-Jean mbelekete
Lamentation
Ewawa
IIème Eve
Sodome & Gomorrhe
Au nom de l’amour
Esprit ya sika
Nako décider
Mokrekese
Alanga nzembo
Numéro d’écrou
Kombo monene
Congo moko
Masayuki “Viva tendance”
Maria chérie
Muana Tokyo
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2004 – Mwana Molokai
Tracklist
Mère supérieure
Télégramme
Amina
Loni
Analengo (original version)
Efeka mandundu ft. Wendo Kolosoyi
Matebu
Bukavu dawa
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2006 – Nzunzi Nlele
Tracklist
Générique
J.P. Walter
Surprise
Ma Ngudi
Bitumba Ya Ba Baba ft. Pitchou Santiago
Harmonie
Fay
Kayoko
Duente
Fas Favor
Tembe
Double Brassard
Beauté Divine
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2006 – New Morning (Live)
Tracklist
Excuse me
Ainsi soit-il
Bonjour Daddy
Congo Moko
Image
Maria Valencia
Phrase
Sala Keba
Fa Fa Fa
Maman
Au nom de l’amour
Yolele
Show Me the Way
Awa yo keyi
Bonus Track : Ye te oh
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2008 – Kaka Yo
Tracklist
Kaka Yo!
Barcelone
Belle Inconnue (Piano Bar)
De Castro
Reviens Amanda
Inter Folk
Libongo
Affection
5 Dernieres Minutes
Mon Jardin Secret
Par-ci, par-là
Nzungu Na Kifinuku
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2008 – Terre Sacrée
Terre Sacrée – Doudou Copa ft. Ferré Gola
Sambela, Limbisa – Roga Roga
Papa Joachim
Vertus – Doudou Copa
Bongwana – Madilu System
Argent – Casimir Zao
Mateya ft. Ferré Gola
Roga Roga – Ligne d’arrivée
Reconnaissance
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2010 – Notre Père Rumba
Tracklist
Six Millions ya ba Souci ft. Nathalie Makoma
Sapologie ft. Nash
Kema Fumbe
Ye Te Oh ft. Ophélie Winter
Tonada De Luna Llena
Kebo
Making Of Tournage Sapologie
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2011 – Ya Biso Moko
Mort Subite
Please My Wife
Malgré ft. Bendo Son
Mylène ft. Bendo Son
Medley: Makanzi Et Moselebende / Mère Supérieure
Plus Cinq ft. Madilu System
Medley: Mouvaro / Chouchouna / Beli
Métier
Coeur Trouble
Soucis
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2011 – Trait d’union
Tracklist
Mutzig
Préféré
Beau Garçon
Six Men
Shaana
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2012 – Love Kilawu
Tracklist
Love Kilawu
Galilée
Yende-Ingi-Boy
Vivi
Tubela ft. Stino Mubi
15 Ans Ya Monzemba ft. Stino Mubi
Mort Subite ft. Didier Milla
Malgré ft. Didier Milla
Proclamation
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2014 – Maître d’école
Tracklist
Chasse à l’homme ft. JB Mpiana
Nandimi
Johnny Lopez
L’homme de sandton
4 minutes 29” d’adoration
Triple option ft. Barbara Kanam
Mwasi
Mobembo
Métamorphose
Oyebi
I Need You
En couleurs
Simple rêve
Poule de la mort
Nostalgie ft. Jossart Nyoka Longo
Kaporal
Eric téla
Bande passante
Last Dance
N’Djamena
Africain comme toi ft. Nana Kouyate
T’en vas pas
Ma rosa
Araignée
Blessure
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COLLABORATIONS
1996 – Wake Up with Koffi Olomide
Tracklist
Wake Up
Tracklist
Moussoukou-Soukou
Litio Ya Calendrier
Mi Amor
Avion
Zaintoin
Dodo
Esakola
Naomie
Maryama “Terre Battue”
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2005 – Sans Rature
Tracklist
Sola Soleil (Papa Wemba)
Sans Rature (Koffi Olomide)
Chance (Madilu System)
Fashion Victim (Papa Wemba)
Incendie (Didier Milla)
Summerauer (Koffi Olomide)
Vie à Zero (Ferre Gola)
Wolff (Papa Wemba)
Atlas (Didier Milla)
De A à Z (Papa Wemba)
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Last Update August 11th, 2014
Prison Training in Bukavu, DR Congo, April 2014
On Tuesday 8th April 2014, the first prison training in the DR Congo was held in Bukavu. The training was held in Nguba, a street close to the Bukavu central prison and seven people attended including the two senior chaplains of the prison. The training was held in Nguba because the prison meeting room was not available, and it was difficult for a foreign person (Jean Claude Ngiyimbere from Alpha Burundi) to enter the prison. Praise the Lord the objective was achieved and all the key people who will introduce Alpha in prison received the training and with a low cost.
Before the training started, people introduced themselves to one another, as it was the first time to meet. Jean Claude, the Burundi Alpha National Director, conducted the training and was assisted by Ali Bitenga and other Congolese volunteers who had been trained in the Alpha Burundi office in…
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5/2/2014 – Proverb of the Day
“A little subtleness is better than a lot of force.” – Congolese Proverb
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[Today in History] May 2nd
CONGO
1885 – Congo Free State is formed by King Leopold II of Belgium
[Documentary] Katanga Business (2009)
À regarder pour comprendre le business du minerai au Katanga, les investissements Chinois et autres.
RD Congo : Un pays encerclé militairement ?
Les malheurs qui s’abattent sur les Congolais sont souvent précédés d’une série d’évènements auxquels l’opinion nationale et les autorités ne prêtent pas attention. Ce qui se passe en Centrafrique depuis un an, et pire encore depuis janvier dernier, devrait préoccuper les dirigeants congolais au plus haut point. La présence des troupes rwandaises à Bangui, acheminées à bord d’avions militaires américains, et l’importance du rôle qu’elles ont rapidement acquis dans le pays, confirment une inquiétude qui se lisait dans un article de Colette Braeckman de mars 2013. La chute du Président Bozizé, un allié de la RDC et de l’Afrique du Sud, a pu être orchestrée par Kigali.
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LUBA DIVINERS IN KATANGA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
(I don´t remember the circumstances of these photographs, taken during my military service in 1959, probably during training or reconnaissance trips. )
This post will be updated after I receive additional information from specialists of Luba culture and religion.
The Luba:
The Luba are a bantu-speaking people. Linguistic and archeological evidence trace early Luba people in the Upemba depression around the 6th or 7th Century (Ehret p. 262, Christine Saidi p.43), later forming what Ehret has called the Upemba kingdom, which later expanded into the Luba Empire, an association of kingdoms, that dominated commerce (iron, copper, salt, ivory) in the south-eastern savannas West of Lake Tanganika in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, trading both with the Portuguese on the Atlantic coast and with the Arabs on the Indian Ocean coast through intermediaries. It declined when Swahili-Arab ivory and slave traders cut trade routes and stopped Luba expansion. Luba territory was…
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“Mpwekelela” by G’Sparks & Ced Koncept
nice piece difficult to resist.
Title: Mpwekelela ft. Ced Koncept & Caseiro
Artist: G’Sparks
Year: 2010
Lyrics: Cedrick Kikudi & Frank Caseiro
Music: G’Sparks
Kalùmyànà mpwekelela
Anu bu ninja sempela
Ionda dikasa
Ngalu ni danse mupyamupya
Mambo ina waka
Ced ana tomboka sasa
Droite, gauche, droita
Nwacooki kwela mpata anyi?
Shikiya nsonshi
Umbusha nkwasa
Cyalu cidyunda
Mêma neebà to ni panshì
Kalùmyànà mpwekelela (shuka)
Mpwekelela
Kalùmyànà mpwekelela
Ki diba ubaleja que aka est là
Lekela fier bikila balunda semenayi
Bonsu tuyayi ee
Mu cyalu tujayi ee
Sangalayi 1, 2 feinte twayi ee
Kiviringo she bote mu kiviringo
Kiviringo she bote mu kiviringo
Kalùmyànà mpwekelela (shuka)
Mpwekelela
Blaza tu discuss
Flow na zi dispatch
Mentor ni G’Sparks
1, 2, 3 Go
Leo ni furaha
Tshezeni wote c’est comme ça
Akaaa atuna uruma
Uripenda ku duma
Vumilia ku luma
Kalùmyànà sempelela
Kalùmyànà mpwekelela lembelela
Kadi sempelela’s
Kalùmyànà mpwekelela (shuka)
Mpwekelela
Eelayi byanza muulu
Kwatayi bintu bwènù…
Kalùmyànà mpwekelela (shuka)
Mpwekelela
[Remarkable] Speaking The 4 National Languages
José, an italo-belgian guy, speaking the 4 national languages of Congo. I think he beats almost everyone. Generally, strangers learn Lingala or Swahili depending on where they evolve but here he speaks all four. I have to admit, I’m impressed! Keep it up!
Congo: les expulsions des Congolais de la RDC gagnent Pointe Noire
Des centaines de Congolais de la RDC refoulés du Brazzaville continuent à débarquer au Beach de l’Onatra à Kinshasa. Selon des expulsés qui sont arrivés vendredi 25 avril à Kinshasa, au moins 180 personnes en provenance de Pointe Noire sont déjà arrivés à l’ambassade de la RDC à Brazzaville, attendant eux aussi leur rapatriement à Kinshasa.
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DR Congo stampede: Deaths in Kikwit at Emeneya tribute
Several people have been crushed to death in a stampede at a tribute festival for Congolese singer King Kester Emeneya, officials say.
He died in Paris earlier this year aged 57 and large crowds had gathered in his home town of Kikwit in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the concert.
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[Today in History] April 25th
CONGO
1961 – Moise Tshombe is arrested.
2014 – At least 23 people die and 19 people are hurt following the crushes during the tribute festival to King Kester Emeneya in Kikwit June 30th Stadium.
GLOBAL
1945 – San Francisco conference is held all through June 26th in presence of delegates from 50 countries convene to review and rewrite Dumbarton Oaks agreements from 1944
At least 63 killed as speeding Congo train derails: government official
(Reuters) – At least 63 people were killed and 80 were seriously injured in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Katanga province when a train speeding too fast round a bend derailed, a provincial minister said on Wednesday.
Fifty others were trapped inside the goods train after 12 of its carriages flipped off the track in the accident near Likasi, a mining town between Lubumbashi and Kolwezi in the copper and cobalt-rich southeast.
“Evidently the train was going too fast, the driver came to a curve and had to break suddenly leading to the accident,” said Dikanga Kazadi, Katanga’s interior minister.
He said the priority was rescuing those still trapped and a team had been sent to investigate the cause of the accident. A witness said he counted 37 bodies at the scene.
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