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Lubumbashi

American  
[loo-boom-bah-shee] / lʊˈbʊm bɑ ʃi /

noun

  1. a city in the southern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


Lubumbashi British  
/ ˌluːbʊmˈbæʃɪ /

noun

  1. Former name (until 1966): Elisabethville.  a city in the S Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre): founded in 1910 as a copper-mining centre; university (1955). Pop: 1 102 000 (2005 est)

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KoBold, meanwhile, is in the process of digitizing archives at the University of Lubumbashi in Congo and has signed an agreement to also digitize documents for neighboring Burundi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

He was travelling from Lubumbashi in the Democratic Republic of Congo to Laos, transiting through Ethiopia and Thailand, according to the department.

From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026

While voting in Lubumbashi, opposition candidate Katumbi asked the population to stay at polling stations and monitor results until the end.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2023

Kenga, Migabo and Mr Mwilambwe were initially sentenced to death in 2011, with Kenga arrested in 2020 in the southern city of Lubumbashi before the case was re-opened last September.

From BBC • May 12, 2022

The legal action on Monday, by the Commercial Court of Lubumbashi, came after the country’s state-owned mining enterprise had sought the removal of the mine’s Chinese management.

From New York Times • Feb. 28, 2022

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