Essaouira
Essaouira , city, W Morocco, on the Atlantic Ocean. Essaouira's pleasant climate and picturesque location, buildings, and ruins have made it a tourist resort. Fishing and cabinetry and wood carving are also economically important. The modern city was founded in 1760 by Sultan Muhammad ibn-Abdullah. In 1844 the French bombarded the city to force Morocco to stop supporting Abd al-Kader , leader of an Algerian resistance movement. The city declined when Agadir was opened to foreign trade in the 20th cent. The city is a center of Gnawa music, a religious music traditionally used in healing ceremonies that mixes Berber, Arabic, and African elements. Essaouira was formerly called Mogador.
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Kisangani Calm As Residents Brace for Chaos; Rebels and Government Troops Face Off Around Key Zaire City
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/13/1997; ; 700+ words
; Kisangani, north-central Zaire's largest city...and a U.N. team that visited today. Kisangani, a commercial and transportation hub...to it. The rebels hope that by taking Kisangani -- around which the relatively few combat...
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If City Falls, Chaos Could Split Zaire; Kisangani Is Economic And Geographic Hub
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/9/1997; ; 700+ words
; If Kisangani, Zaire's third-largest city, falls...uprising probably would be over. For Kisangani, an economic hub in a strategic location...of its few hundred mercenaries around Kisangani, sent military aircraft on bombing missions...
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UN: Rwanda Withdraws From Kisangani
News Wire article from: AP Online; 6/17/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...17-2000 UN: Rwanda Withdraws From Kisangani KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) -- The Rwandan...withdrawn from the northern Congolese city of Kisangani, U.N. military observers said Saturday...Saturday, there are no Rwandan soldiers in Kisangani,'' said Maj. Ramadan Sissoko, one...
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Zaire Braces for Impending Fall of Key City; Residents, Diplomats Look Beyond Anticipated Battle for Kisangani, Gauge Fallout
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/11/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...prepare to assault the northeastern city of Kisangani, Zairians and foreign diplomats said...analysts here, the question of whether Kisangani will fall is no longer much discussed...capital, anticipating that the fall of Kisangani would suddenly end Mobutu's 31-year...
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Security Council demands that rebel group in Democratic Republic of Congo bring perpetrators of Kisangani massacres to justice; In Presidential statement, members call for immediate demilitarization of Kisangani by RCD-Goma.
M2 Presswire; 7/24/2002; 700+ words
; ...Republic of Congo bring perpetrators of Kisangani massacres to justice; In Presidential...call for immediate demilitarization of Kisangani by RCD-Goma (C)1994-2002 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...perpetrators of the May massacres in Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Rebels Near Zaire's Third-Largest City; Heavy Fighting Reported at Kisangani Airport
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 3/8/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...Zairian army forces at the airport at Kisangani, base of the government's two-month...airport is roughly 10 miles north of Kisangani. "We're not strolling into town the...Zaire), have been surging toward Kisangani. The insurgents, who have grabbed territory...
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Security Council condemns recent killing in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo; Council also reiterates demand for demilitarization of Kisangani; Asks Secretary-General to weigh possibility of increased MONUC deployment in city.
M2 Presswire; 5/27/2002; 700+ words
; ...Security Council condemns recent killing in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo; Council...reiterates demand for demilitarization of Kisangani; Asks Secretary-General to weigh possibility...civilians, that recently took place in Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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POLITICS-CONGO: CLEANING UP THE DEAD BODIES IN KISANGANI
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 8/23/1999; 700+ words
; ...Service English News Wire 08-23-1999 KISANGANI, Aug. 23 (IPS) -- A team of Red...assembled at the Wagenia Hotel in downtown Kisangani, the main city in the eastern Democratic...appears to have been concentrated in Kisangani's hotels, which became occupied fortresses...
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At Congo Port, a Long-Awaited Arrival; Peace Agreement Reopens Kisangani After 5 Years of Isolation by Rebels
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/24/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...across their bows. But the people of Kisangani didn't seem to mind as they rushed...arrival signaled the reconnection of Kisangani, the legendary Stanleyville at the awesome...miniature Antwerp." Before the civil war, Kisangani was an industrial hub producing soap...
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Last government-held city in eastern Zaire falls to rebels Loss of Kisangani raises questions about viability of president's rule
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 3/16/1997; 700+ words
; Kisangani, the last government-held city in...population, but for many the fall of Kisangani, Zaire's third largest city and the...mercenaries who had been leading the defense of Kisangani. The mercenaries, under fire, abandoned...
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Kisangani
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Kisangani , formerly Stanleyville, city (1996...and rice are shipped from the city. Kisangani has an international airport and hydroelectricity...revolts against the central government. Kisangani has a campus of the National Univ. of...
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Congo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Kabalo, the Lualaba River flows N to Kisangani in a varied course marked by a deep and...Boyoma Falls—between Ubundu and Kisangani that marks the end of the Lualaba and...beginning of the Congo River proper. Below Kisangani, the Congo flows west and southwest...
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Orientale
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...204,000 sq mi (528,360 sq km), N Congo (Kinshasa). Kisangani is the capital. Orientale borders the Central African Republic...Lumumba's followers, led by Antoine Gizenga and centered at Kisangani (then Stanleyville), attempted to establish a government...
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...areas include Boma , Bukavu , Kalemie , Kamina , Kananga , Kisangani , Kolwezi , Likasi , Lubumbashi , Matadi , Mbandaka , and...parts of the Congo River (e.g., Kinshasa-Matadi and Kisangani-Ubundi) are bridged by rail lines, but the rail and ro
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Congo, Democratic Republic of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...December 1991. During 1992 a national constitutional conference was convened by Mgr. Laurent Pasinya Monsengwo, Archbishop of Kisangani, which replaced the government with a High Council of the Republic. Political instability continued throughout 1993 and...
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