Kibua

1°14′02″S 28°24′59″E / 1.233965°S 28.416252°E / -1.233965; 28.416252

Kibua is a village in Walikale Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]

History

Due to government reorganization in the 1960s, it became home to a core group of people from the Banabenge clan.[2] In 2009, Kibua was "one of the main military bases" of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), according to Human Rights Watch.[3] On 13 February 2009 the town was captured by the Rwandan army during the Operation Umoja Wetu.[4] By 2010, MONUSCO had a team based in Kibua.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Kibua". viamichelin.com. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  2. ↑ Biebuyck, Daniel P. (1966). Rights in land and its resources among the Nyanga (Republic Congo-Léopoldville). Académie royale des sciences d'outre-mer. p. 34.
  3. ↑ Moore, Jina (February 20, 2009). "Hutu rebels drop guns, return to Rwanda". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
  4. ↑ International Crisis Group (2009). "Congo: A Comprehensive Strategy to Disarm the FDLR" (PDF). Crisis Group Africa Report (151). JSTOR resrep38372.
  5. ↑ Gettleman, Jeffrey (3 October 2010). "Mass Rapes in Congo Reveals U.N. Weakness". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 February 2017. The Indian peacekeepers at the base nearest Luvungi, in Kibua...


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