South Kivu (Swahili: Jimbo la Kivu Kusini; French: Sud-Kivu) is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Its capital is Bukavu...
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The Kivu conflict is an umbrella term for a series of protracted armed conflicts in the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces in the eastern Democratic...
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redefined the previous Kivu Province into tripartite separate provinces: North Kivu, South Kivu, and Maniema. Presently, North Kivu comprises three cities—Goma...
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Kivu was the name for a large "region" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko that bordered Lake Kivu. It included...
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Mai-Mai (section Mai-Mai in North and South Kivu)
in the eastern Congolese provinces bordering Rwanda, North Kivu and South Kivu (the "Kivus"), which were under the control of the Rwanda-allied Banyamulenge-dominated...
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community that lives mainly in South Kivu province. The Banyamulenge are culturally and socially distinct from the Tutsi of South Kivu, with most speaking Kinyamulenge...
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List of tank truck explosions (redirect from 2010 South Kivu fuel tank explosion)
traffic-choked business district. A tank truck exploded on 2 July 2010 in South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The truck overturned in the...
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commune in Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It corresponds to the city center. It is bounded on the north by Lake Kivu and on the east...
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the Virungas, which rose between Lake Kivu and Lake Edward, to the north. Water from Lake Kivu was then forced south down the Ruzizi. This, in turn, raised...
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stationed in North Kivu and the second around the Kahuzi Biega forest (in the Shabunda, Mwenga, Kalehe territories) and in South Kivu. The FDLR troops consisted...
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people (also spelled Fuliiru) are a Bantu ethnic group native to the South Kivu Province of the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Albert, Lake Kivu, Lake Edward, and Lake Tanganyika. The rift valley has exposed an enormous amount of mineral wealth throughout the south and east of...
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This list of governors of South Kivu includes governors or equivalent officerholders of the South Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
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Bukavu (category Populated places in South Kivu)
south-western edge of Lake Kivu, west of Cyangugu in Rwanda, and separated from it by the outlet of the Ruzizi River. It is the capital of the South Kivu...
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Sange, Democratic Republic of the Congo (category Populated places in South Kivu)
groupement (grouping), within the Bafuliiru Chiefdom of Uvira Territory in South Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is situated 24 km (15 miles)...
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25 July 2018. Retrieved 25 Jan 2020. Jean-Luc M. (25 February 2019). "Sud-Kivu : les maires des nouvelles villes d'Uvira et Kamituga installés ce week-end...
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Fizi Territory (category Territories of South Kivu Province)
Fizi is a territory in the south of Sud-Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, bordering the South Kivu territories of Uvira, Mwenga and Shabunda...
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(Swahili; lit. 'an angry citizen') are a Mai-Mai militia operating in the South Kivu region in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The group formed...
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offensive South Kivu, a province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2010 South Kivu fuel tank explosion 2014 South Kivu attack 2015 South Kivu earthquake...
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of the city of Bukavu. It is located northwest of the city center on Lake Kivu. With the advent of the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD), Bukavu grew...
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600 Bukavu South Kivu 471,800 Bunia Ituri 230,600 Butembo North Kivu 165,300 Gandajika Lomami 120,200 Gemena Sud-Ubangi 113,900 Goma North Kivu 249,900 Isiro...
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in various gold and tin mines in the provinces of Maniema, North Kivu and South Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The company's operations...
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though much of its focus subsequently turned to the Ituri conflict, the Kivu conflict and the Dongo conflict. The mission was known as the United Nations...
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63333; 29.18333 Karisimbi is a commune of the city of Goma in the North Kivu Province of the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It...
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may refer to: Sange, Democratic Republic of the Congo, a village in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Sange, Tanzania, an administrative...
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The Provincial Assembly of South Kivu (French: L'assemblée Provinciale du Sud Kivu) is the provincial assembly of South Kivu province, Democratic Republic...
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the Hutu and Twa. Secondly, there are minority Tutsi in North Kivu and Kalehe in South Kivu – being part of the Banyarwanda (Hutu and Tutsi) community....
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South Kivu Sugar Refinery (SKSR) ( French: Sucrerie du Kivu), formerly called Kiliba Sugar Refinery, (French: Sucrerie de Kiliba), is a sugar manufacturing...
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Tanzania is led by a regional mwami. Traditional kingdoms in the North Kivu, South Kivu, and Maniema provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo call...
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Goma in North Kivu province – at least 70 killed in a collapse. January 8, 2002 – artisanal coltan mine in Masisi Territory in North Kivu province – about...
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