which gained momentum after he founded the Dikembe Mutombo Foundation in 1997 to improve lives in the DR Congo. Deke proved he was a man of his word, especially in helping Matadi. The four-time ...

When Dikembe Mutombo drove up for lunch ... in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mutombo grew up aware of the needs of his country and decided to become a doctor. In his second year of ...

Mutombo used his financial resources and returned to provide aid to his native country, which has been known as the Democratic Republic of Congo since 1997. Dikembe Mutombo flew 8-year-old Matadi ...

Indeed Mutombo was known for his work off the court. He built a hospital in his native Congo and visited often, even during his playing days. “There was nobody more qualified than Dikembe to ...

the president of Congo, Mutombo's homeland. “Dikembe Mutombo was an incredible basketball player — one of the best shot blockers and defensive players of all time," Obama wrote on social media ...

NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo bore witness to history as a child ... his home country now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. "He played such a big role in my country," he said.

Dikembe Mutombo's finger wag was forbidding ... bass spiced with a dialect from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which captured and held your attention for as long as you were in his company.

especially in his homeland of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and throughout Africa." We are deeply saddened by the news of Dikembe Mutombo’s passing. Dikembe was a proud and honorable man ...

Dikembe Mutombo, the Hall of Fame, finger-wagging center who spent much of his post-basketball career as an ambassador for the sport, died of brain cancer at the age of 58, the NBA announced Monday.

Was Dikembe Mutombo on the flight ... This time, they weren’t even sure the player, from Congo, was on the plane. As the stream of people deboarding dwindled to the crew, the coaches asked ...