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23-611: Kindu is linked by rail to the mining areas of Kalemie , Kamina and Kananga to the south. It also has an airport with a 2,200 metre runway and has historically been an important port along the Congo River system. The town was an important centre for the ivory , gold and the slave trade during the nineteenth century. Arab - Swahili slave traders were based here from about 1860 and sent caravans overland to Zanzibar . Henry Morton Stanley came upon "this remarkable town" on 5 Dec. 1876, describing it as "remarkably long" with

46-464: A tropical savanna climate ( Köppen : Aw ). Kalemie serves as an important town in the Katanga province , Manufactures include cement , food products, and textiles. The town consequently serves as a distribution centre for such minerals as copper , cobalt , zinc , Gold , tin , and coal . The town is served by Kalemie Airport , with flights to other airports in the country. Kalemie lies at

69-618: A "broad street, thirty feet wide, and two miles in length" and "behind the village were the banana and the palm groves." In November 1961, during the Congo Crisis , the Kindu atrocity took place in Kindu. During the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko Kindu was also the capital of the former Maniema subregion of Kivu region . Kindu is located 2°57′S, 25°55′E at an elevation of approximately 1500 ft (450 m) above sea level. The city's population

92-530: A couple of times to reach Lubumbashi. There is also a port in Kindu which is located on the western bank of the Lualaba River . Kindu lies along National Road 31 (N31) as well as Primary Regional Road 508 (R508). Roads in Maniema Province are unsurfaced and in a generally poor condition. The town has primary and secondary education facilities. The University of Kindu is also located in

115-558: Is a dialect of Kiswahili found in Tanzania . This dialect, known as Kingwana , is spoken along the east side of Congo (including the provinces of North Kivu , South Kivu , Maniema , Katanga and Oriental , Western Kasai and Eastern Kasai ) and almost all the way across to the Katangan border with Angola . Lubumbashi is home to football clubs Tanganyika , FC Etoile Jaune (Yellow Stars) and many more. The port at Kalemie

138-538: Is also a market in Kindu as well as shops throughout the town. Kindu is the provincial capital and is home to the provincial assembly and ministries. Kindu is served by Kindu Airport . Most of the goods coming to town come from Goma , Bukavu and Kinshasa by air. It is also the northern terminus of the Congo Railway line which connects it to Lubumbashi among other destinations. Goods from Kisangani or further must change from ship to train and vice versa

161-481: Is estimated at between 140,000 and 200,000 residents. As with the rest of Congo, the vast majority adhere to Christianity. Just under half of the population is Catholic. Slightly under 10% of the population are Anglican and there is also a small Muslim community in the city. The main economic activity in Maniema Province is mining. Diamonds , copper , gold and cobalt are mined outside of Kindu. There

184-811: Is operated by the railway company SNCC which also operates the railways in DR Congo (except for the Matadi-Kinshasa line) as well as boat services on the eastern waterways in the country. Kalemie maintains partnership links with the following places: The Lake Tanganyika earthquake struck on December 5, 2005. The epicentre was approximately 10 km (6.2 mi) below the surface of Lake Tanganyika , some 55 km (34 mi) south-east of Kalemie. At least dozens of houses were destroyed. Belgian Anti-Slavery Society The Belgian Anti-Slavery Society ( French : Société antiesclavagiste de Belgique , Dutch : Antislavernijmaatschappij van België )

207-651: The Simba Rebellion in August 1964. In the late 1960s and early 1970s under the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko the Zairianization policy was implemented, this included numerous changes to the state and to private life, including the renaming of the Congo and its cities, as well as an eventual mandate that Zairians were to abandon their Christian names for more "authentic" ones. In addition, Western-style attire

230-511: The East African campaign. The railway reached Albertville in 1915, and in 1916 the port was constructed and the coalworks at Greinerville opened. At the end of 1940 a military base was established at Albertville, initially South African and later British , to manage troops in Kenya and Abyssinia . Albertville was attacked by mercenaries under Major Mike Hoare during operations against

253-738: The arrival of the Long-Duvivier-Demol Anti-Slavery expedition, a relief column sent from Brussels at captain Alphonse Jacques's aide. After the Arabs left the territory, the original Albertville was gradually abandoned, and the name became attached to the military post of M'Toa to the north of the Lukuga, the site of present-day Kalemie. In 1914 Albertville was the base for the Belgo-Congolese forces in

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276-516: The centre of railway lines to Nyunzu , Kindu , Kasai , Kabalo , Kamina and Lubumbashi . The construction of a railway Kalemie to Bukavu through the town of Baraka to open up the Kivu region was proposed. Kalemie lies at the centre of water lines to Kigoma, Tanzania , Mpulungu, Zambia , Uvira, DRC and Bujumbura, Burundi . Although French is the official language, the main language in Kalemie

299-534: The city. Kindu has a tropical savanna climate ( Köppen Aw ) bordering upon a tropical monsoon climate ( Am ) with a short dry season in June and July. Kalemie Kalemie , formerly Albertville or Albertstad , is a city on the western shore of Lake Tanganyika in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . The Lukuga River , that drains Lake Tanganyika to the Lualaba River , runs through

322-471: The city. Kalemie is the capital of Tanganyika Province . From 1886 to 1891, the Society of Missionaries of Africa had founded catholic missions at the north and south ends of Lake Tanganyika . Léopold Louis Joubert , a French soldier and armed auxiliary, was dispatched by Archbishop Charles Lavigerie 's Society of Missionaries of Africa to protect the missionaries. The missionaries abandoned three of

345-587: The cranes are not functional, and vessels cannot reach the wharf due to silting up of the lake next to it. The buildings of the port also require rehabilitation. Moreover, the railway line for 100 km (62 mi) west of Kalemie is 'very degraded' and not fully operational. Kalemie Port is also used by boat services to the northern Lake Tanganyika ports of Kalundu-Uvira and Bujumbura in Burundi , and southwards to Moba and Mpulungu in Zambia . Kalemie Port

368-596: The journal Le mouvement antiesclavagiste (redaction by Louis Delmer), in 1899 it merged with the Oeuvre des Missions Catholiques au Congo . The society was also a close supporter of the internationally attended Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference 1889–90 which eventually led to the Brussels Conference Act of 1890 . They also organized a follow-up conference at the Academy Palace to put pressure on

391-697: The new stations due to attacks by Tippu Tip and Rumaliza. By 1891 the Arab slave traders had control of the entire western shore of the lake, apart from the region defended by Joubert around Mpala and St Louis de Mrumbi . The anti-slavery expedition under Captain Alphonse Jacques —financed by the Belgian Anti-Slavery Society —came to the relief of Joubert on 30 October 1891. When the Jacques expedition arrived Joubert's garrison

414-623: The shores of Lake Tanganyika and tried to put an end to the Arab slave trade in the region. Albertville was located 15 km (9.3 mi) south of the Lukuga River . Sergeant Alexis Vrithoff was killed on 5 April 1892 when defending Albertville against an attack by Arab slavers under Rumaliza . His troops, based at Kataki , surrounded Albertville on that day and besieged the outpost for several months, from 16 August 1892 until 1 January 1893. Eventually, Rumaliza's forces had to retreat because of

437-629: The society counted 700 members and had a working capital of 300.000 francs at its disposal. The abolitionist ideology of the Anti-Slavery Society was, however, closely linked with imperialism . From 1890 to 1899 the Société antiesclavagiste de Belgique organized and funded four military expeditions, sent to fight the Arab/ Zanzibari slavers of the eastern Congo Free State regions. The Belgian Anti-Slavery Society published

460-526: Was a 19th-century organization, with the goal of putting an end to the Arab slave trade in the African continent. The Belgian Anti-Slavery Society was founded in 1888 , mainly by catholic intellectuals, led by count Hippolyte d'Ursel . The founders were inspired by the preaching of Charles Lavigerie , a French Cardinal, held at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in August 1888. By January 1889

483-460: Was banned and replaced with the Mao-style tunic labeled the " abacost " and its female equivalent. The policy began to wane in the late 1970s and had mostly been abandoned by 1990. In 1971, as a result of the Zairianization , Albertville changed its name to Kalemie. The Town of Kalemie also hosts the major University of Kalemie , which maintains the largest library in the region. Kalemie has

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506-719: Was built to connect the Great Lakes rail line (from the Kabalo junction on the Lualaba River) to the Tanzanian lake port and railhead at Kigoma , from where the Tanzanian Central Railway Line runs to the seaport of Dar es Salaam . The port was built with a 130 m (430 ft) wharf and 3 mobile cranes, giving it a capacity of 500 t (550 short tons) per day with two shifts. Currently,

529-416: Was down to about two hundred men, poorly armed with "a most miscellaneous assortment of chassepots , Remingtons and muzzle-loaders, without suitable cartridges." He also had hardly any medicine left. Captain Jacques asked Joubert to remain on the defensive while his expedition moved north. On 30 December 1891 Captain Alphonse Jacques ' anti-slavery expedition founded the military post of Albertville on

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