Rutshuru Territory
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Rutshuru Territory is a territory in the North Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with headquarters is the town of Rutshuru.
Women work at income generating project in Rutshuru. June 2009
Tongo, scene of fighting in November 2006 between Laurent Nakunda's rebels and national army soldiers. The villagers fled. On their return they found the secondary school, main health centre and many houses looted
February 2007: Children on a terrace overlooking the plains of the Virunga national park
Goma
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Goma is the capital and largest city of the North Kivu Province in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is located on the northern shore of Lake Kivu, next to the Rwandan city of Gisenyi. It shares its borders with Bukumu Chiefdom to the north, Rwanda to the east, Masisi Territory to the west, and is flanked by Lake Kivu to the south. The city lies in the Albertine Rift, the western branch of the East African Rift System, and is only 13–18 km (8.1–11.2 mi) south of the active Nyiragongo Volcano. With an approximate area of 75.72 square kilometers, the city has an estimated population of nearly 2 million people according to the 2022 census, while the 1984 estimate placed the number at 80,000.
Goma, November 2022
Aerial photograph of the Mihanda refugee camp
Aerial view of Goma in October 2010
View of houses in Goma, 2014