Gemena
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Gemena is a town and capital of the Sud-Ubangi District
of Equateur
Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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The town has a large airport.
Mobutu Sese Seko
's mother, Mama Yemo, died in Gemena in 1971; a vast mausoleum was built in her memory.
The 10th integrated Brigade of the new FARDC appears to be based here as of 2007.
Sud-Ubangi District
Sud-Ubangi District is a district located in the Équateur province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo....
of Equateur
Équateur
Équateur is one of the ten provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is in the north of the country, and bordered the Republic of the Congo to the west, the Central African Republic to the north, to the east the Orientale province, and to the south the Kasai-Oriental, Kasai-Occidental, and...
Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...
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The town has a large airport.
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga , commonly known as Mobutu or Mobutu Sese Seko , born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, was the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1997...
's mother, Mama Yemo, died in Gemena in 1971; a vast mausoleum was built in her memory.
The 10th integrated Brigade of the new FARDC appears to be based here as of 2007.