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Lu·a·la·ba

(lo͞o′ə-lä′bə)

A headstream of the Congo River, rising in southeast Democratic Republic of the Congo and flowing about 1,800 km (1,100 mi) north to the Boyoma (formerly Stanley) Falls, a series of seven cataracts southeast of Kisangani.

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Lualaba

(ˌluːəˈlɑːbə)

(Placename) a river in the SE Democratic Republic of Congo, rising in Katanga province and flowing north as the W headstream of the River Congo. Length: about 1800 km (1100 miles)

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Lu•a•la•ba

(ˌlu ɑˈlɑ bɑ)

n.

a river in the SE Democratic Republic of the Congo: a headstream of the Zaire (Congo) River. 400 mi. (645 km) long.

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Richard Muyej, governor of the Lualaba province, on Friday told a press conference that 43 miners had died in the accident.

At least 43 killed in DR Congo mine collapse

The accident occurred in the KOV open-pit mine at the Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) concession, in which Glencore subsidiary Katanga Mining owns a 75 per cent stake, said Richard Muyej, the governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's Lualaba province.

Accident at Glencore mine kills at least 41 in southeast Congo

The accident occurred in the KOV open-pit mine at the Kamoto Copper Company (KCC) concession, in which Glencoresubsidiary Katanga Mining owns a 75% stake, said Richard Muyej, the governor of Democratic Republic of Congo's Lualaba province.

Accident at Glencore mine kills at least 39 in Congo

In 2017, non-hot spot health zones along the Lualaba River, a tributary of the Congo, also started to report cases.

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Chemaf is building a processing plant at its Mutoshi mine in Lualaba province in the DRC which will open in September 2019 and six months later be capable of producing 20,000 metric tons of cobalt a year, Virji told Bloomberg recently.

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The Advisory Group recommended mOPV2 for two SIAs targeting 513,820 children aged <5 years in 12 health zones (in three provinces: Haut Lomami, Lualaba, and Haut Katanga), including and surrounding the health zones where cases were reported (6).

Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Outbreaks and Events--Three Provinces, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2017

Summary: Lualaba [Congo], November 13 (ANI): At least 34 people were killed and 26 others were injured in a train crash in Lualaba province in Democratic Republic of Congo on the intervening night of November 12 and 13.

34 people killed, 26 injured in Congo train crash

"The 13-car train was leaving the town of Lubumbashi for the village of Luena when it crashed into a ravine" in Lualaba province, local governor Richard Eataba told dpa.