Beni Territory

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Beni Territory
Beni Territory
Beni on a map of North Kivu Province
CountryFlag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg DR Congo
Province North Kivu
HQ Oicha
Time zone UTC+2 (CAT)

Beni Territory, also known as Oicha Territory, [1] is a territory of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [2] It's administrative center is the town of Oicha. [3]

It has been the site of fighting during the Allied Democratic Forces insurgency between government troops and the ADF militia, which also crosses the border into the territory from Uganda. [4] [5] It was there that the Kirindera massacre, perpetrated by the ADF, happened. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "République Démocratique du Congo : Carte de province: Nord-Kivu (fevrier 2021) - Democratic Republic of the Congo". ReliefWeb. 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
  2. ↑ (in French) Présentation de la Province du Nord-Kivu [ usurped ]
  3. ↑ Okala, Jean-Tobie (20 January 2023). "Beni : La MONUSCO, l'administrateur du territoire et la société civile réfléchissent à « Comment renouveler la confiance mutuelle »". MONUSCO (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
  4. ↑ DR Congo army launches ‘large-scale operations’ against militias in Beni territory. The Defense Post, 31 October 2019.
  5. ↑ 10 civilians killed in militia attack in eastern DRCongo. France24, 6 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "ADF rebels kill 17 in east DR Congo". New Vision. Retrieved 2024-09-09.

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