Faradje

Faradje
Faradje
Coordinates: 3°44′06″N 29°42′36″E / 3.73503°N 29.70997°ECoordinates: 3°44′06″N 29°42′36″E / 3.73503°N 29.70997°E
Country Democratic Republic of Congo
Province Orientale
District Haut-Uele
Territory Faradje
Climate Aw
National Language Lingala

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

It had a population of about 25,000 in 2009. It has dirt streets, a police station and a market. There is a small airstrip (code FZJK).[1] [2] It lies at an elevation of 2,690 feet (820 m) above sea level.[3]

Lord's Resistance Army presence in the area

On 25 December 2008, rebels in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), fleeing from a multinational military offensive, struck Faradje, killing 40 people. The LRA also 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.[4] In January and February 2011 the Lord's 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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Faradje Airport Charter Flights and Air Charter Service". International Air Charter. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  2. ↑ JEFFREY GETTLEMAN (February 18, 2009). "Armed With Little but Resolve, and Defending a Hollowed Village". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  3. ↑ Airport information for FZJK at Great Circle Mapper.
  4. ↑ Jeffrey Gettleman (Dec 29, 2008). "LRA massacre 189 in DRC's Faradje, Doruma and Gurba U.N. Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-10-24.
  5. ↑ "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". RDC Humanitaire (in French). 22 March 2011. Retrieved 2011-10-11.