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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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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

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

From Washington Times

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

From Washington Times

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

Beijing’s burgeoning economic might has contributed to an infrastructure boom across the continent, in cities such as Djibouti; Luanda, Angola; and Lubumbashi, Congo.

From Washington Post