Bunia is the capital city of Ituri Province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It was part of the Orientale Province until that province's dissolution.
Bunia from the air, looking north toward the Nyakasanza district
The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War or the Great War of Africa, was a major conflict that began on 2 August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just over a year after the
Bunia
…and about 25 kilometres or 16 miles east of the Ituri Rainforest. The city is at the center of the Ituri conflict between the Lendu and Hema. In the Second Congo War the city and district were the scene of much fighting and many civilian deaths from this conflict, and related clashes between militias and Uganda-based…