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Luluabourg

British  
/ luːˈluːəˌbʊə /

noun

  1. the former name (until 1966) of Kananga

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When the train's engine was bombed, the soldiers clambered aboard rail hand cars and highballed into Luluabourg, full of excuses about waves of Katangese bombers, masses of enemy tanks and white paratroopers.

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Luluabourg's U.N. chief explained lamely.

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Into Luluabourg to head off the exit of the Europeans flew Premier Adoula, fearful that a mass exodus of white technicians would bring the Congo's already sputtering economy to a halt.

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At Luluabourg, deep in the heart of the Congo, black cadets are training at the colony's first military academy.

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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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