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in Africa and a former bishop. The
Catholic missionaries of that time agreed upon the name Lavigerieville. Meanwhile, other settlers considered naming Baraka as
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877:"Interconnections between War, Armed Conflict and Demonstrations in the Peri-urban Towns of Baraka and Uvira in DR Congo"
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as Lavigerieville. Lavigerieville derived from a congregation of
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