Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at kongolo.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Kongolo.
Examples
-
Local press reports have dubbed Kongolo and Mwanke the "heart of the Mafia network on Congolese territory" and human rights organisations had urged Kabila to take action against them.
-
Njenga said WFP planes had been flying in and out of Kongolo several times a day for the past two weeks.
-
"So they told us whenever the plane flies back to Kongolo, whoever is aboard will be shot."
-
Kongolo and Nyunzu, towns short distances west of Kalemie that have been cut off from the outside world by fighting and attacks by rebels, local militia and tribal fighters.
-
On Monday when WFP's Kenyan pilots were delivering cornmeal, beans and vegetable oil to Kongolo airport, members of the
-
Kongolo had been in the hands of Rwandan troops, and after they pulled out more than a year ago, in the hands of the Rwandan-backed
-
But food flights to Kongolo - 250 kilometers (155 miles) to the northwest where 25,000 malnourished people have been living in isolation for about two years - have been grounded all week after former rebels running the airport threatened WFP pilots with death, said Dominique Ferretti, head of the WFP office in this small port town on Lake Tanganyika.
-
Kongolo, some 500 kilometers (300 miles) southwest of the Rwandan border.
-
Kongolo promised talks to "make peace with Rwanda" but also declared the Lusaka peace process that began in 1999 "finished."
-
Kongolo, planning and reconstruction, Denis Kalume, and the presidency, Augustin Katumba Mwanke, are being investigated in the wake of the UN report.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.