Kibua

Kibua is a village in Walikale Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.{{cite web|title=Kibua|url=https://www.viamichelin.com/web/Maps/Map-Kibua-_-Nord_Kivu-Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo?strLocid=31NTF0bm9rMTBjTFRFdU1qTTBNVFk9Y01qZ3VOREUzTVRZPQ==|website=viamichelin.com|accessdate=21 February 2017}} Due to government reorganization in the 1960s, it became home to a core group of people from the Banabenge clan.{{cite book| last = Biebuyck| first = Daniel P.| title = Rights in land and its resources among the Nyanga (Republic Congo-Léopoldville)| publisher = Académie royale des sciences d'outre-mer| date = 1966| pages = 34| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=RhMQAQAAMAAJ}} In 2009, Kibua was "one of the main military bases" of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), according to Human Rights Watch.{{cite news|last1=Moore|first1=Jina|title=Hutu rebels drop guns, return to Rwanda|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2009/0220/p06s04-woaf.html|accessdate=21 February 2017|work=The Christian Science Monitor|date=February 20, 2009}} By 2010, MONUSCO had a team based in Kibua.{{cite news| last = Gettleman| first = Jeffrey| title = Mass Rapes in Congo Reveals U.N. Weakness| newspaper = The New York Times| date = 3 October 2010| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/world/africa/04congo.html| access-date = 20 February 2017| quote= The Indian peacekeepers at the base nearest Luvungi, in Kibua...}}

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Category:Populated places in North Kivu