Kibua Explained

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Kibua is a village in Walikale Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1] 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] By 2010, MONUSCO had a team based in Kibua.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kibua. viamichelin.com. 21 February 2017.
  2. Book: Biebuyck, Daniel P.. Rights in land and its resources among the Nyanga (Republic Congo-Léopoldville). Académie royale des sciences d'outre-mer. 1966. 34.
  3. News: Moore. Jina. Hutu rebels drop guns, return to Rwanda. 21 February 2017. The Christian Science Monitor. February 20, 2009.
  4. News: Gettleman. Jeffrey. Mass Rapes in Congo Reveals U.N. Weakness. The New York Times. 3 October 2010. 20 February 2017. The Indian peacekeepers at the base nearest Luvungi, in Kibua....

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