Moliro

Moliro
Moliro
Coordinates: 8°13′15″S 30°33′59″E / 8.220962°S 30.566497°ECoordinates: 8°13′15″S 30°33′59″E / 8.220962°S 30.566497°E
Country Democratic Republic of Congo
Province Katanga

Moliro is a community in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo beside Lake Tanganyika on the border with Zambia.[1] It is in Katanga Province.

The Congo Free State Enclave of Moliro was founded in 1902, with its own fort and detachment of soldiers, one of three such military divisions in northeastern Katanga.[2]

During the negotiations to end the Second Congo War (1998-2003), in March 2002 the rebel group Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie (RCD-Goma) attacked and captured Moliro. The UN Security Council demanded that "RCD-Goma troops withdraw immediately and without condition from Moliro and ... all parties withdraw to the defensive positions called for in the Harare disengagement sub-plans".[3] The talks were suspended for two weeks until the RCD evacuated the village.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Rebel-held Moliro and Pweto in DR Congo to be demilitarised: UN". Agence France-Presse. March 22, 2002. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  2. ↑ Vail, Leroy (1991). The Creation of Tribalism in Southern Africa. University of California Press. p. 199. ISBN 0-520-07420-3.
  3. ↑ "DR Congo: Security Council condemns capture of Moliro by RCD-Goma - Resolution 1399 (2002)". UN Security Council. 19 Mar 2002. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
  4. ↑ Rose-Marie Bruballa (27 Mar 2002). "DR Congo rebels withdraw from Moliro: UN". Agence France-Presse. Retrieved 2011-10-31.