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Luluabourg

British  
/ luːˈluːəˌbʊə /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1966) of Kananga

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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At Luluabourg, 49 of them jumped on Tshombe's bandwagon.

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To get it, he hastily promoted Congolese army corporals and sergeants to officer rank, ordered hundreds of his troops into requisitioned Sabena planes to be flown to Luluabourg, deep in Kasai province.

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The target was Luluabourg, just as the U.N.'s tipsters had been warning.

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Things were in such a mess that he had to make a hasty trip to Luluabourg at week's end to quell still more rebellious troops in Kasai Province.

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Repeatedly in recent weeks visitors warned U.N. headquarters that Gizenga troops had been seen moving toward Luluabourg, capital of Kasai, a strategic junction commanding the only direct route between Kasavubu's Leopoldville and Tshombe's Katanga.

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