Kilungutwe village explained

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Kilungutwe
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Democratic Republic of the Congo
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Type2:Territory
Subdivision Type3:Chiefdom
Subdivision Name1:South Kivu
Subdivision Name2:Mwenga
Subdivision Name3:Luindi
Timezone1:CAT
Utc Offset:+2

Kilungutwe is a small village in the Luindi Chiefdom, located in the valley of the Kilungutwe River in the Mwenga Territory of the South Kivu Province. Situated in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kilungutwe is positioned nearby neighboring villages of Kirukungutu and Chowe.[1] The region is a melting pot for many ethnic groups, boasting a diverse ethnocultural landscape. It is also a point of confluence for numerous ethnic groups, including the Lega, Nyindu, Shi, Fuliiru, Holoholo, Bwari, Vira, Hunde, Nyanga, Bembe, and Amba people.[2] [3] [4]

Kilungutwe has been the site of violence for nearly three decades due to its proximity along the route to a nearby gold mine. In the First and Second Congo Wars, the region experienced a surge in armed conflicts that resulted in displacement, loss of lives, and property damage.[5] [6] [7] [8] [9]

History

According to Belgian anthropologist Daniel P. Biebuyck, the Mwenga Territory has conventionally been inhabited by the Lega people.[10] [11] However, the area also accommodated diverse ethnic groups, including the Nyindu, Shi, Fuliiru, Bembe, Zimba, Vira, Kumu, and Songora people.[12] [13] [14]

Security problems

Like many regions in the South Kivu Province, Kilungutwe has been embroiled in a complex and protracted conflict since the First Congo War, which resulted in widespread displacement, human rights abuses, and loss of life.[8] [7] [15]

Kasika massacre

See main article: article and Kasika massacre. On August 24, 1998, amid the Kasika massacre, Kilungutwe was attacked by the Rwanda-sponsored armed forces Rally for Congolese Democracy (Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie; RCD).[16] [17] [18] [19] The attack resulted in a massacre of over 43 civilians, many of whom were women and children.[20] [21] [22] The RCD forces callously throw the corpses of their victims into common graves, pit latrines, and even the Kilungutwe River.[23]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007-11-20 . Mwenga : pourparlers FARDC et FDLR . 2023-05-09 . Radio Okapi . fr.
  2. Web site: 2020-08-25 . RDC: 22 ans après le massacre de Kasika, Denis Mukwege réclame réparation pour les victimes . 2023-05-09 . Actualite.cd . fr.
  3. Verweijen . Judith . Brabant . Justine . 2017 . Cows and guns. Cattle-related conflict and armed violence in Fizi and Itombwe, eastern DR Congo . The Journal of Modern African Studies . 55 . 1 . 1–27 . 10.1017/S0022278X16000823 . 26309798 . 64607292 . 0022-278X. free .
  4. Gamaidandi . Douswe . 2021-11-17 . WATER-ENERGY-FOOD NEXUS RESEARCH: ASSESSMENT OF HOUSEHOLD INDICATORS IN DRC . en-US.
  5. Web site: 2006-01-17 . Sud-Kivu : vols, viols et pillages à Kilungutwe . 2023-05-09 . Radio Okapi . fr.
  6. Web site: 2019-06-12 . Life for women in the country that 'never turned the page of conflict' . 2023-05-09 . The Independent . en.
  7. Web site: 2009-06-02 . Mwenga : les attaques des FLR entraînent d'importants mouvements de populations . 2023-05-09 . Radio Okapi . fr.
  8. Web site: 2009-06-01 . Mwenga : encore des attaques et des pillages, signé FDLR . 2023-05-09 . Radio Okapi . fr.
  9. Web site: 2020-08-27 . RDC : Martin Fayulu exige l'expulsion de l'ambassadeur du Rwanda, Vincent Karega . 2023-05-09 . 7sur7.cd . fr.
  10. Book: Biebuyck, Daniel P. . Lega: Ethics and Beauty in the Heart of Africa . KBC Banking & Insurance . 2002 . 9789053493861 . English, French.
  11. Book: Biebuyck, Daniel P. . The Arts of Central Africa: An Annotated Bibliography . G.K. Hall . 1987 . 9780816186013 . Boston, Massachusetts . English.
  12. Book: Biebuyck, Daniel P. . Lega Culture; Art, Initiation, and Moral Philosophy Among a Central African People . University of California Press . 1973 . 9780520020856 . Berkeley, California . 3–7 . English.
  13. Book: Biebuyck, Daniel P. . The Arts of Zaire: Southwestern Zaire . University of California Press . 1985 . Berkeley, California . English.
  14. Book: Biebuyck, Daniel P. . Statuary from the Pre-Bembe Hunters: Issues in the Interpretation of Ancestral Figurines Ascribed to the Basikasingo-Bembe-Boyo . Royal Museum of Central Afrika . 1982 . Tervuren, Belgium . English, French, Dutch.
  15. Web site: 2006-01-25 . Plus de 200 déplacés recensés à Bukavu . 2023-05-09 . Radio Okapi . fr.
  16. Book: Bulambo, Didier Mwati . République Démocratique du Congo: 13 ans sous la main du diable : de l'AFDL de L.D. Kabila au CNDP de Nkundabatware . Edilivre Aparis . 2010 . 9782353354658 . Paris, France . 116 . French.
  17. Book: Foroyaa: Organ of the People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism, Issues 1-46 . PDOIS' Editorial Board . 1999 . Serrekunda, Gambia . English.
  18. Reyntjens . Filip . 2001 . Briefing: The Democratic Republic of Congo, from Kabila to Kabila . African Affairs . 100 . 399 . 311–317 . 10.1093/afraf/100.399.311 . 3518770 . 0001-9909.
  19. Web site: Gouby . Mélanie . The Rebirth of Congo's Rebellion . 2023-05-09 . Foreign Policy . 4 July 2022 . en-US.
  20. Web site: November 23, 1998 . Democratic Republic of Congo: War against unarmed civilians . 2023-07-06 . Amnesty International . 13–15 . English . London, United Kingdom.
  21. Book: Human Rights Ministry, Democratic Republic of Congo . The War of Aggression Against the Democratic Republic of Congo: Three Years of Massacres and Genocide "in Camera". . 2001 . Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo . 12–14 . English.
  22. Book: U.S. Government Printing Office . Suffering and Despair. Humanitarian Crisis in the Congo: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session, May 17, 2001, Volume 4 . 2001 . 9780160659812 . Washington, D.C . 17 . English.
  23. Web site: CASUALTIES OF WAR . 2023-05-09 . archive.hrw.org.

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