Faradje

Faradje
Faradje
Coordinates:
Country Democratic Republic of Congo
Province Orientale
District Haut-Uele
Territory Faradje

Faradje is a community in the Haut-Uele District of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, administrative center of the Faradje Territory. It lies on the Dungu River.

The town had a population of about 25,000 people as of 2009. It has mud streets, a police station and a market.[1] It lies at an elevation of 2,690 feet (820 m) above sea level. There is a small airport (code FZJK).[2]

On 25 December 2008 members of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) fleeing from a multinational military offensive struck Faradje, killing 40 people. The rebels attacked the villages of Doruma and Gurba in the next two days, killing another 149 people. Most of the victims were women and children, who were cut into pieces.[3] In January and February 2011 the Lords Resistance Army again attacked people in the territories of Dungu, Faradje, Niangara and Watsa, causing 33,000 people to be displaced. The people were slow to return due to the feeble response of government security forces.[4]

References

  1. ^ JEFFREY GETTLEMAN (February 18, 2009). "Armed With Little but Resolve, and Defending a Hollowed Village". http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/world/africa/19congo.html. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  2. ^ "Faradje Airport Charter Flights and Air Charter Service". http://www.internationalaircharter.com/airports/orientale/faradje/faradje-airport/ap31402/. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  3. ^ Jeffrey Gettleman (Dec. 29, 2008). "LRA massacre 189 in DRC's Faradje, Doruma and Gurba U.N. Says". The New York Times. http://congowatch.blogspot.com/2008/12/lra-massacre-189-in-drcs-faradje-doruma.html. Retrieved 2011-10-24. 
  4. ^ "Province Orientale - District du Bas-Uele, du Haut-Uele et d’Ituri : Mouvements de population suite aux attaques des groupes armés : situation en Février 2011" (in French). RDC Humanitaire. 22 March 2011. http://www.rdc-humanitaire.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=772:province-orientale-district-du-bas-uele-du-haut-uele-et-dituri-mouvements-de-population-suite&catid=30:infographies&Itemid=143. Retrieved 2011-10-11.