CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
(Also called Congo [Kinshasa])
(Formerly called Zaire; Congo; Belgian Congo; Congo Free State)
(See also Kongo [Language]; Lingala [Language]; Tshiluba [Language])
animals:
elephant: g 9/13 3
mountain gorilla: g87 9/22 4
description: yb04 163-164, 168
government promises freedom of religion: yb91 48
health and disease:
Ebola virus: g96 5/8 23-25
Kinshasa: g94 1/8 10, 12
maps: yb04 169; w01 4/15 30; w01 9/15 32
Mt. Nyiragongo area: g02 11/8 22-23
medicine:
blood transfusions curtailed: g90 5/22 29
Ebola virus investigation: g96 5/8 24-25
Mt. Nyiragongo eruption (2002): g02 11/8 22-25
Jehovah’s Witnesses
assemblies: yb04 198-199, 208-210, 213
assistance from Congo (Brazzaville): yb04 179
assistance from Northern Rhodesia (Zambia): yb04 170-171, 175, 179, 183
ban (1945): yb04 170
ban (1949-1965): yb04 171-172, 174-176, 180-183, 197
ban (1971-1980): lfs article 3; yb04 217-218
ban (1986-1993): lfs article 3; kr 143-145; yb04 177, 228-231, 236-237; w00 2/1 28; yb94 61; yb91 48; yb87 15-16
Bethel family: w25.06 31; w19.07 28; yb04 215-216, 254-255
Branch Committee: yb04 254
branch office:
Kinshasa (1965): yb04 207
Kinshasa (1972): yb04 207, 217
Kinshasa (1996): yb04 177, 240-241, 252-253
Kinshasa (2012): yb13 32-33
Kinshasa (property purchased 1980): yb04 221, 228-230, 232-233
Léopoldville (Kinshasa) (1962): yb04 176, 186-187
oversees Burundi: yb04 232; yb92 121
oversees Congo (Brazzaville) (1977- ): yb04 153, 232
property obtained from government (1984): w00 2/1 28
branch overseers: yb04 220-221
civil-war period (1996-1999): yb04 242-250; yb01 10; yb98 52-53
clergy opposition: yb04 166, 170, 208-209
commendation:
Certificate of Excellence: w01 8/15 32
chief commends Witnesses: yb94 44
congregations: yb04 179, 183; jv 501
conventions: w19.07 28; yb04 209, 218, 221-223, 228; w00 2/1 28; yb95 44; yb87 15-16
200-mile canoe trip during civil war: w05 8/1 32
hospitality for poor who attend: mwb21.07 5
courts:
Supreme Court nullifies ban (1993): kr 143-145; yb04 236-237
early witnessing: yb04 142, 167, 170, 176
false “Watch Tower movement” (Kitawala): w19.07 28; yb04 164-167, 171-172, 174, 180, 182, 189-190, 193-194; jv 482-483
film The Happiness of the New World Society: yb04 186-187
growth: w19.07 29; yb04 176-177, 197, 207, 209, 217, 221, 223, 231-233, 236, 241, 255; w00 2/1 28; yb00 100; jv 482-483, 509-510; yb93 44
honesty:
found diamonds returned: yb07 49-50
Kingdom Halls: yb04 203-206, 250-253; w02 5/15 9; km 9/02 6; w00 11/1 30
legal recognition (1966-1971): yb04 176-177, 197-198, 208
legal recognition (1980): lfs article 3; yb04 177, 221
Memorial: yb04 181-182
Ministerial Training School: yb04 238-240; yb96 17
missionaries: w19.07 26-28; yb04 199-206, 211-213, 219-220, 229-231, 241-242; w00 2/1 28-29
missionary homes: w19.07 26-27; yb04 199, 202, 211-212, 218, 222-223, 242-243
modern history: yb04 163-255
time line: yb04 176-177
neutrality a protection: yb04 206-207
no looting during revolt: yb93 44
persecution: yb04 170-172, 174-175, 179-180, 197-198, 229-230, 232-233; jv 482
children imprisoned: yb04 233-234
interviews with governor-general and other officials: yb04 171; jv 486-487
Kasaji concentration camp: yb04 172
Kimbilikiti massacre (1983): yb04 223, 226-227
pressure to buy political party cards: yb04 184, 213-214, 217
release of brothers imprisoned for preaching: yb91 48
persons:
Bandiwila, Benjamin: yb04 254
Belemo, Zekaria: yb04 234-235
Belotti, Christian: yb04 241, 254
Bint, Godfrey: yb04 219-220
Dagostini, Franco and Debbie: w25.06 31
Danda, François: yb04 193-196
Elongo, Robert: yb04 254
Filteau, Marcel: w00 2/1 28-29
Heuse, Ernest, Jr.: yb04 184-187, 220-221; jv 483
Holmes, Timothy A.: yb04 221
Johansson, Jack: g98 10/22 25
Johnson, Sébastien: yb04 241, 254
Kanama, Henry: yb04 173-174
Kanama, Ilunga: yb04 246
Kassholm, Mats and Ann-Catrin: w25.09 27-30
Kavusa, Delphin: yb04 254
Kesk, Reino and Lesli: w23.06 28-29
Kissel, Julian and Madeleine: yb04 199
Kitula, André: yb04 149, 153-154
Kubakani, Victor: yb04 179
Latham, Terence: yb04 211-213
Ludwig, Peter: yb04 254
Mitelezi, Mazela: yb04 246
Mukanga, Pontien: yb04 189-193
Nawej, David: yb04 154, 215-216, 254
Nilsson, Uno: yb04 254
Oyeka, Patrice and Anny: w12 6/1 12-13
Pandi, Nzey Katasi: yb04 224-226
Pottage, Michael and Barbara: yb04 200-202; yb00 100
Sharp, Dayrell and Susanne: lfs article 3
Tonak, Manfred: w19.07 26-28
Tshikaka, Samuel: yb04 190, 193
Wilhjelm, Peter: yb04 241, 254
pioneers:
special pioneers: yb15 49
places:
Goma: yb12 222-230
Ibinja Island: yb15 48-49
Kamina: yb94 44
Lubumbashi: w19.07 26-27
prayer using Jehovah’s name a protection: w21.11 23-24
publications:
accused of being printed in spirit world: yb17 44-45
Bible New World Translation in Kiluba: hdu article 8
Bible New World Translation in Lingala: w05 7/1 32
booklet The Kingdom, the Hope of the World: yb01 72
brochure What Does God Require of Us?: yb98 53
languages: yb04 240
shipping: yb04 237-239
video Distributing Bible Literature in Congo: lff lesson 55
refugees from Rwanda (1994): w25.09 29; w24.06 18; yb12 222-230, 238-239
relief from abroad: g01 7/22 8-9
after military revolt (1991): yb04 234
for civil-war refugees (1996-2000): w12 3/1 6; g05 11/8 9; yb04 244-247; g01 7/22 8-9; yb00 14-17; w98 1/15 4-7; yb98 44-45, 53
relief work:
after eruption of Mt. Nyiragongo (2002, 2021): hdu article 20; yb12 244-245; yb03 10-11, 14-15; g02 11/8 24-25
during COVID-19 (2020-2021): hdu article 14
during Ebola outbreak (2018): g24.1 9
during national instability (1991-1993): yb04 234-235; yb94 12; jv 712
service experiences:
chief’s opposition backfires: yb04 231-232; yb87 63
fishermen seek visit by Witnesses: yb15 48-49
group associated with Simão Toco (1940’s): yb01 72-73
Hutu and Tutsi refugees: yb97 49
impressed with food provided for Witness neighbors: hdu article 14
Kingdom News No. 35: yb99 17-18
Kingdom News No. 36: yb02 9-10
paralytic: yb04 247
polygamists change to become Witnesses: jv 176
Pygmies: yb04 212-213
refugee camp at Mugunga: w11 9/1 24-25
schoolgirl’s neutrality: yb04 248
Sudanese refugees: yb04 234-235
young people stick to truth: w97 12/1 9
translation work: yb13 27-28
traveling overseers: w19.07 27-28; yb04 189-197, 209-210, 213, 246-249; yb98 52
visits by—
Henschel, M. G.: yb04 181
Jackson, G.: yb13 32-33
Knorr, N. H.: yb04 217
Phillips, L.: yb04 171; jv 486