The Ngweshe Chiefdom is a chiefdom located in Walungu Territory, within the South Kivu Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It shares borders with Kabare Territory to the north, Rwanda and Burundi to the northeast, Mwenga Territory and Shabunda Territory to the south, and Kaziba Chiefdom to the east. According to the territory's 2018 annual report, the chiefdom has an estimated population of 672,436.
The landscape view of Ngweshe Chiefdom
Kamanyola high plateau situated in the Ruzizi Plain within the Ngweshe Chiefdom, April 2023
A farmer in Kamanyola
Rape victims who have been successfully reintegrated into their communities assemble in a "peace hut" near Walungu Territory
Walungu Territory is a territory located within the South Kivu Province in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Situated approximately 40 km from Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province, it shares borders with Kabare Territory to the north, Mwenga Territory to the south, Uvira Territory and the Ruzizi River, as well as the Republics of Rwanda and Burundi to the east, and Shabunda Territory and part of Kabare Territory to the west. According to the 2018 national census, the region has a population of 716,671, with 672,436 residing in the Ngweshe Chiefdom and 44,235 in the Kaziba Chiefdom. Spanning an area of 1,800 km2, Walungu Territory has a population density of 398 inhabitants per square kilometer.
MONUSCO assist in building walls for a church in 2021
Kamanyola high plateau situated in the Ruzizi Plain within the Ngweshe Chiefdom
Luzinzi River, August 2019
Walungu Territory, January 2009