Busurungi
Busurungi is a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . It is located in the North Kivu Province in the east of the country near Kiuli .
location
Busurungi is an average of 1,196 meters above sea level.
Busurungi is an elongated settlement surrounded by four wooded hills. Two of the hills are called "Moka" and "Kimomo". The Shario Forest and the small town of Humbo to the south are also in the vicinity .
Weather and natural disasters
The area is very prone to earthquakes. An earthquake with a magnitude of six to seven on the Richter scale can be expected approximately every 50 years.
There is also the risk of a flood disaster.
The warmest month is September when the average midday temperature is 26 ° C. The coldest month is July with an average of 13.5 ° C at night. There are no seasons.
nature
The climate is humid and nature is largely intact.
The vegetation consists of evergreen or deciduous forests.
The climate is classified as a "tropical savannah".
massacre
During an attack by the Forces Démocratiques de Liberation du Rwanda (FDLR) on positions of the Congolese Army (FARDC) in Busurungi on the night of 9-10 May 2009, a massacre took place in which 94 people were killed and around 1,500 houses were set on fire were plugged.
The massacre plays an important role in the war crimes trial against FDLR leader Ignace Murwanashyaka and his vice Straton Musoni , who were convicted by the Stuttgart Higher Regional Court in 2015 .
Web links
- Focus: Congo war crimes trial. In: the daily newspaper . Retrieved September 17, 2012 (Full coverage of the trial by Ignace Murwanashyaka).
Individual evidence
- ^ Bettina Rühl: Whispers in the rainforest. In: the daily newspaper . November 18, 2011, accessed November 18, 2011 .
- ↑ a b c d e f g Busurungi. (No longer available online.) In: Chinci - World Atlas. Archived from the original on February 29, 2016 ; accessed on March 2, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b c Simone Schlindwein: The Busurungi massacre. In: the daily newspaper. March 1, 2012, accessed March 2, 2012 .
Coordinates: 1 ° 42 ′ S , 28 ° 29 ′ E