Bukiringi

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Bukiringi
Bukiringi (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
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Coordinates 2 ° 48 ′  N , 30 ° 20 ′  E Coordinates: 2 ° 48 ′  N , 30 ° 20 ′  E
Basic data
Country Democratic Republic of Congo

province

Ituri
ISO 3166-2 CD-IT

Bukiringi is a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It is located in the Ituri Province in the northeast of the country. Bukiringi is about 24 kilometers from Boga and is the destination of many refugees.

population

Bukiringi has been the target of many displaced people since 2008. In 2010 the number of refugees increased significantly. Of the 20,000 people who lived in the town in June 2011, around 11,000 were refugees. Around 2,500 lived in the refugee camp and the rest were taken privately with local families. The supply situation was extremely tense at the time.

Infrastructure

There is a clinic and a refugee camp in Bukiringi.

history

Bukiringi was affected by the 1999 Ituri conflict between the Hema and Lendu ethnic groups . In January 2011 fighting took place in Bukiringi. The situation was very uncertain throughout the spring. In June 2011, a contingent of the Congolese Armed Forces (FARDC) was next to the refugee camp. There have been many reports of illegal taxation, forced labor, sexual assault and looting by the soldiers stationed there. From February to March 2012, Bukiringi was the headquarters of the Ituri Patriotic Resistance Front (FRPI). At the time there was heavy fighting in the region.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Simone Schlindwein: Militia chief tricked oil seekers. In: the daily newspaper . Retrieved March 20, 2012 .
  2. ↑ a b c In Congo, Boga diocese appeals for support to avert militia attacks. In: episcopal news service. March 7, 2012, accessed March 20, 2012 .
  3. ↑ a b Militias and the displaced. In: IRIN . June 20, 2011, accessed March 20, 2012 .
  4. ↑ a b c United Nations delegation “deeply concerned” about the unsafe situation in the village of Bukiringi. In: Medair. February 1, 2011, accessed March 20, 2012 .
  5. ↑ a b c Thomas Hubert: Will trials bring peace to DR Congo's Ituri region? In: BBC News . April 15, 2011, accessed March 20, 2012 .