Rumangabo

Rumangabo is a military base of the Military of the Democratic Republic of the Congo located north of Goma in Nord-Kivu province. It is three and a half kilometres north of the headquarters of Virunga National Park.

On October 7, 2008, it was captured from the Congolese Army by members of Laurent Nkunda's faction, the National Congress for the Defense of the People. On the 10th, Nkunda's forces were persuaded by MONUC to withdraw from the military base. The fighting severely threatened the lives of the rangers at the nearby park station.

On October 26, it was again captured by rebels. They advanced further on both north and south axes toward Rutshuru and Goma.

During Mobutu's presidency, the strategic base of Rumangabo was occupied by the 411th Chinese-trained commandos of the 41st Bde Cdo. It was among the harder strongholds that AFDL troops, under Kabila and supported by Rwanda, faced prior to advancing through the DRC. The Rumangabo-based unit was among the Zairian troops that, in 1984, went to defend the Tchad Auzi strip against Ghadaffi's troops.