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The Battle of Kabalo was fought at Kabalo by United Nations peacekeeping forces and Baluba militias from 7 April to 11 April 1961 against mercenaries and the gendarmerie of the State of Katanga, a secessionist state rebelling against the Republic of the Congo in central Africa. The Katangese forces attacked the town as part of a larger ...
Kabalo is a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is in Tanganyika province on the Lualaba River and is the administrative center of Kabalo territory. [1] [2]
According to UN forces in Kalemie, an estimated 5,000–6,000 Mai Mai militia were still active in the Tanganyika region and have strongholds around Nyunzu-Kabalo-Kongolo and the so-called "death triangle" of Manono-Mitwaba-Pweto.
Kongolo is served by a railway station on the national system, which bridges the Lualaba river at this point via the Kongolo Bridge.The city lies across the river from Regional Road 631 (R631), linking Kayuyu, Lubao, Kabalo, Kongolo and Nyunzu; and is also on the (much smaller) Regional Road 632 (R632).
Kabalo – Lubumbashi Kabongo Kabalo – Lubumbashi Kaloko Kabalo – Lubumbashi Kamina Ilebo – Lubumbashi Kabalo – Lubumbashi Kananga Ilebo – Lubumbashi Kaniama Ilebo – Lubumbashi Kasaji Dilolo – Lubumbashi Kasese Kisangani Gare – Ubundu Katutu Kabalo – Lubumbashi Kazangulu Kinshasa Est – Matadi Kibamba Kabalo – Kindu Kibombo
The port at Kalemie was built to connect the Great Lakes rail line (from the Kabalo junction on the Lualaba River) to the Tanzanian lake port and railhead at Kigoma, from where the Tanzanian Central Railway Line runs to the seaport of Dar es Salaam. The port was built with a 130 m (430 ft) wharf and 3 mobile cranes, giving it a capacity of 500 ...
The Belgian Congo, today the Democratic Republic of the Congo, highlighted on a map of Africa. Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. King Leopold II of Belgium, frustrated by Belgium's lack of international power and prestige, attempted to persuade the Belgian government to support colonial expansion around the then-largely unexplored Congo Basin.
Kabalo Airport (IATA: KBO, ICAO: FZRM) is an airport serving the town of Kabalo, in the Tanganyika Province of Democratic Republic of the Congo. The runway is 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) south of the town, paralleling the Lualaba River .