Lubumbashi [ˏlu:bu:m'bɑ:ʃi:]
卢本巴希[扎伊尔东南部城市](旧称伊利沙伯维尔)
lubumbashi[ noun ]
a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville
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- "The government has only asked for clarifications about the grave incidents that took place in Lubumbashi," the government said in a statement.
- Student unrest continued and Belgium, the former colonial power, accused Zairean commandos in May of killing more than 100 at Lubumbashi University.
- Belgium froze new aid to Zaire after security forces were accused of killing 50 to 150 students in the copper region capital of Lubumbashi.