| Type | Congolese non-profit youth organization |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Catholic youth organization |
| Headquarters |  Democratic Republic of Congo |
| Location | |
Membership | 42,000 |
Xaveri Congo is a Catholic youth organization in the Democratic Republic of Congo. [1] [2] [3] Xaveri Congo is part of the African Xaveri Movement and a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations Fimcap. [4]
Xaveri Congo was founded in 1952/53 in Congo. The foundation of Xaveri Congo was also the beginning of the African Xaveri Movement that spread also to different other African countries like Burundi (Xaveri Burundi), Rwanda (Xaveri Rwanda) and South Africa (Xaveri South Africa). [5] Unlike the scouts Xaveri considers itself an apostolic movement. [6]
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The Kingdom of the Banyakitara, also known as Union of Kitara(Union of Chwezi) or Chwezi Union and better known as the Kitara Empire, was an empire in East Africa. It existed in the great lakes region from around the early bronze age to about 500 C.E. During its growth under the mysterious Chwezi Kings., the (Empire of the sun, Empire of the moon) ruled much of the Nile valley and beyond during its peak., when the kingdom of Aksum disintegrated about 940 AD into the kingdoms of makuria, zagwe, Damot and Shewa., another kingdom split away in the south to form the great Empire of kitara., the empire encompassed of modern day Uganda, Eastern Kenya, eastern D.R. Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia., the Google interface has been translated into Kitara in February 2010 by the Faculty of Computing and IT, Makerere University. It is also used in the Orumuri newspaper, published by New Vision Group.
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Xaveri South Africa is a Catholic youth organization in South Africa. Xaveri South Africa is part of the African Xaveri Movement and a member of the Catholic umbrella of youth organizations Fimcap.
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