Kindu
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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His hometown, Kindu, is near the Tanzanian border.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2011
Ongala was born in Kindu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the hardships of his early life had a profound effect on his later songwriting.
From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2011
Such was the nightmare ordeal of 24 Europeans held prisoner by Communist-backed rebels in the Congolese town of Kindu, as recounted by a Belgian tin-mine employee.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Back in Manhattan U.N. headquarters, the Kindu tragedy came just in time to complicate the agendas on two important debates�on the Congo and on colonialism generally.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Early in the morning I boarded what looked to me like a toy train, for it was tinier than any I had ever seen before, and started for Kindu.
From An African Adventure by Marcosson, Isaac Frederick
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