Congolese

Examples

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• The Congolese believe that certain minority groups deserve and require special protection.

  Academic text (2004)

• Altogether, somewhere between eight and twenty million Congolese died in the red-rubber period.

  Academic text (1990)

• When asked whether the Kinshasa government represented the interests of all the Congolese, the majority of those polled said it did not.

  Academic text (2004)

• In several squalid camps housing tens of thousands of displaced people, I listened to account after account of Congolese who had lost control over their lives.

  Academic text (2008)

• The growing international scandal surrounding the treatment of the Congolese under Leopold's brutal rule pressured a reluctant Belgian parliament into accepting responsibility for the territory.

  Academic text (2004)

• Belgian suppression of trade unions deprived the Congolese of an important institution that nurtured multi-ethnic independence movements elsewhere in Africa.

  Academic text (1992)

• The ill-conceived, high-profile development projects he undertook did little to improve the lives of ordinary Congolese, and his "pro-Katanga" foreign policy irritated Congo's progressive elites.

  Academic text (1994)

• Many Congolese have settled in the United States seeking better opportunities.

• The Congolese community in our city celebrates their culture every year with a festival.

• During the event, several Congolese shared their personal stories with the audience.

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