eastern
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He was far more at home speaking Swahili, the lingua franca of eastern DR Congo, as well as east Africa, rather than the Lingala spoken in Kinshasa.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
Compared with neighboring areas such as Iberia in south-western Europe or Athens in the eastern Mediterranean, archaeological evidence was often fragmentary.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026
At one Ukrainian battalion fighting on the eastern front, soldiers and officers agreed to take down all American flags and other insignia during the past two weeks, said a commander in the unit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
The M23 movement has seized swathes of the eastern DRC -- home to valuable minerals coveted by world powers -- since it took up arms again in 2021.
From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026
The eastern horizon was glowing a deep red when the last snowflake fell.
From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young
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