The Provincial Assembly of Maniema is the provincial legislature of Maniema. Hubert Kindanda Kishabongo is the speaker, and Pontien Kisanga is the vice-speaker.
Kasaï-Oriental was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the new, smaller Kasai-Oriental province, the Lomami and the Sankuru provinces.
Maniema Provinve is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Kindu.
Orientale Province is one of the former provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its predecessors the Congo Free State and the Belgian Congo. It went through a series of boundary changes between 1898 and 2015, when it was divided into smaller units.
Kindu is a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province. It has a population of about 200,000 and is situated on the Lualaba River at an altitude of about 500 metres, and is about 400 km west of Bukavu.
Association Sportive Maniema Union is a Congolese football club based in Kindu, Maniema province and currently playing in the Linafoot, the top level of professional football in DR Congo.
AC Dynamique is a football club in Kindu, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kalima is a town in Maniema Province, Congo. It is situated northeast of the provincial capital Kindu, between the Ulindi River and the Elila River, at an altitude of 2797 ft. The economic activity of Kalima and the surrounding area includes tin mining. In 2003 the town saw attacks by the Mai-Mai militias. Kalima has a hospital and is served by Kalima Airport. As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 48,337.
Kasongo, also known as Piani Kasongo, is a town and a Territory, located in the Maniema Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The indigenous people within the kasai basin up to Maniema who understood themselves to be “Kutshu Membele”, later accepted the term Tetela in the early 20th century. “Batetela” is now understood as an ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, most of whom speak the Tetela language.
Kabambare is a territory in Maniema province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It comprises six collectivities: Babuyu, Bahemba (Kibangula), Bahombo (Kabambare), Lulindi, Saramabila, and Wamaza. The majority of the residents are speakers of Bangubangu. Buyu, and Hemba.
Kusu (Kutsu) is a Bantu language of Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Ombo is a Bantu language of Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Langa is a Bantu language of Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Maniema Fantastique or simply Maniema FC is a football (soccer) club from Burundi based in Bujumbura. Their home venue is 22,000 capacity Prince Louis Rwagasore Stadium.
The Districts of the Belgian Congo were the primary administrative divisions when Belgium annexed the Congo Free State in 1908, each administered by a district commissioner. In 1914 they were distributed among four large provinces, with some boundary changes. In 1933 the provinces were restructured into six, again with boundary changes. The number of districts fluctuated between 12 and 26 through splits and consolidations, first rising, then falling, then rising again.
Gertrude Kitembo Mpala is a politician and businesswoman in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She is a former Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.
General elections are expected to be held in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 20 December 2023 according to the electoral calendar released 26 November 2022 by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI). Simultaneous elections will be held for the President, the 500 members of the National Assembly, the elected members of the 26 provincial assemblies, and, for the first time under the new constitution, members of around 300 commune (municipal) councils.