Word: kikandji
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1964-1964
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Stepping up their attacks, the rebels last week burned the towns of Bulungu and Kikandji north of Kikwit. Other bands headed into neighboring Unite Kasaienne province, whose capital, Tshikapa, is one of the world's richest diamond-mining centers. The terrorists are mainly of the Bapende tribe, whose members are concentrated not only in Kwilu but also in Unité Kasaienne to the east, and in Kwango province to the west. The government's biggest immediate concern was that they might cut off the Kasai River, through which the Congo's copper from Katanga currently travels...
| 1 |