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North Kivu is a province bordering Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Goma.
South Kivu is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Its capital is Bukavu.
Bukavu is a city in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), lying at the extreme 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 province and as of 2012 it had an estimated population of 806,940.
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 three "Sub-Regions" : Nord-Kivu, Sud-Kivu and Maniema, corresponding to the three current provinces created in 1986. The capital of the Kivu Region was in Bukavu, and the capitals of the three Sub-Regions were in Goma, Uvira and Kindu.
Uvira is a city in the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Uvira is a Roman Catholic diocese, a suffragan of the archdiocese of Bukavu.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bukavu is the Metropolitan See for the Ecclesiastical province of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Kivu conflict began in 2004 in the eastern Congo as an armed conflict between the military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) and the Hutu Power group Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It has broadly consisted of three phases, the third of which is an ongoing conflict. Prior to March 2009, the main combatant group against the FARDC was the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP). Following the cessation of hostilities between these two forces, rebel Tutsi forces, formerly under the command of Laurent Nkunda, became the dominant opposition to the government forces.
The 2008 Lake Kivu earthquake shook several countries in Africa's Great Lakes region at 07:34:12 (GMT) on February 3. It measured 5.9 on the moment magnitude scale. The epicentre was 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Bukavu at Lake Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Kavumu Airport is an airport serving Bukavu, the capital city of the Sud-Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airport is 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Bukavu.
Kadutu is a commune in Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Luberizi is a town in the province of South Kivu of the Democratic Republic of Congo. At an elevation of 957 metres, it has a local population of about 25,462. It sits astride the N5 road where it crosses the Luberizi River, nearly midway between Uvira to the south and Bukavu to the north. The village of Mutarule, the scene of the 2014 South Kivu attack, is located outside the town.
The following lists events that happened during 2012 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck the Democratic Republic of the Congo 35 km (22 mi) north northeast of Kabare, South Kivu on August 7 at a depth of 11.0 km (6.8 mi).
The Our Lady of Peace Cathedral or simply Cathedral of Bukavu, is a religious building of the Catholic Church which is located in the city of Bukavu in the east end of the African country of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, specifically in the province of South Kivu.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kasha is a commune of the city of Bukavu. It is located northwest of the city center on Lake Kivu. With the advent of the RCD, Bukavu grew from three to four communes. The commune of Kasha is created from an urban-rural district of the commune of Bagira.
Corneille Akilimali Bufole, better known as Cor Akim, is a Congolese singer, songwriter, pianist and worship leader, born in Bukavu, capital of South Kivu Province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and based in Nairobi in Kenya.
Nothing Without Women is a feminist organization established in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2015.
In early 2022, heavy rain caused large floods to hit the city of Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Théo Ngwabidje Kasi is a politician from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who is the Governor of South Kivu Province since 9 April 2019.
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- ↑ "Arrondissement of Bagira in Bukavu, Province of South-Kivu in the Congo-Kinshasa". pagesclaires.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
- 1 2 3 "Chapter Five: Chaos in the Congo". post-gazette.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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