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Kolwezi

American  
[kohl-wez-ee] / koʊlˈwɛz i /

noun

  1. a city in S Zaire.


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"It will take time, but we are confident that within two years, we will have a continuous line from Lobito to Kolwezi," Fournier said.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

He was sent to Kolwezi, a remote but strategically vital city - Jeamie's father Makasi explains what happened next.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

“There are people who chartered planes to come here because there were so many of them!” marveled Inniance Mukania, who travelled to Kinshasa from the Kolwezi diocese in southern Congo.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 30, 2023

"Deforestation is at its peak in the provinces due to the lack of an energy policy," said Guillaume Tshitende, a research scientist at the country's Kolwezi University.

From Reuters • Nov. 5, 2022

In 2017, Zijin Mining, a Chinese state-backed company with a slogan of “Harmony Begets Wealth,” raised almost $700 million from a sale of private shares to develop its Kolwezi mine.

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2021

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