Webring: Mayi Ndombe – Györszentmarton – Tripoli

1. Congo boat tragedy ‘kills 200’ at Lake Mayi Ndombe (BBCNews).
This lake was formerly known as Lake Leopold II.

2. Leopold II King of Belgium (Wikipedia.org) was most famous for having his own colony, the Congo Free State, which he virtually made his private property in 1884. One daughter of Leopold II was Stéphanie Clotilde Louise Herminie Marie Charlotte she died at the Abbey of Pannonhalma in Györszentmarton, Hungary.

3. The abbey is located 18km southeast of Gyrrszentmárton or shorter: Gyor, in Western Transdanubia. The Archabbey of Pannonhalma is already more than 1000 years old. The first Benedictine monks settled here in 996.

4. The monastery has been destroyed and rebuilt many times and is now a crazy quilt of Ottoman, Romanesque and Gothic architectural styles. (YahooTravel)

5.The Ottoman Empire, stretched out into Africa ea. Libya:
Map for Europeans & Map for Arabs

6. The Tell Clocktower in Tripoli that is one of the most significant features of Tripoli. It was built in 1901-1902 by the Ottoman Sultan Abdulhamid.

7. The Congo-Tripoli connection:
The government in Kinshasa has accused Libya of sending 14 tanks and ammunition to war-torn Congo. Libyan troops had occupied the airport of Zongo in the Congo. (17-12-02 / AfricaOnline)

8. Zongo is situated along the river Ubangi, which runs along the border with the Central African Republic. The Ubangi river joins the river Congo downstream. The river Kwa connects the river Congo with Lake Mayi Ndombe. Et voilà!

“The river is so strategically important” (Profile: River Congo, BBCNews)