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Beni
Territory
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Country	DR Congo
Province	North Kivu
HQ	Oicha
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)

Beni Territory, also known as Oicha Territory, is a territory of North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It's administrative center is the town of Oicha.

It has been the site of fighting during the Allied Democratic Forces insurgency between government troops and the ADF militia, which also crosses the border into the territory from Uganda. It was there that the Kirindera massacre, perpetrated by the ADF, happened.

References

1. "République Démocratique du Congo : Carte de province: Nord-Kivu (fevrier 2021) - Democratic Republic of the Congo". ReliefWeb. 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2023-03-26.
2. (in French) Présentation de la Province du Nord-Kivu
3. Okala, Jean-Tobie (20 January 2023). "Beni : La MONUSCO, l'administrateur du territoire et la société civile réfléchissent à « Comment renouveler la confiance mutuelle »". MONUSCO (in French). Retrieved 21 October 2024.
4. DR Congo army launches ‘large-scale operations’ against militias in Beni territory. The Defense Post, 31 October 2019.
5. 10 civilians killed in militia attack in eastern DRCongo. France24, 6 November 2019.
6. "ADF rebels kill 17 in east DR Congo". New Vision. Retrieved 2024-09-09.

v t e North Kivu Province
Cities and communes	Goma (capital) Communes: Goma, Karisimbi Beni Communes: Beni, Bungulu, Ruwenzori, Muhekera Butembo Communes: Bulengera, Kimemi, Mususa, Vulamba
Territories	Beni Lubero Masisi Nyiragongo Rutshuru Walikale
Populated places	Abakuasimbo Aloi Asangwa Bisie Bunagana Busengo Chambucha Ikobo Kanyabayonga Karuba Kitchanga Masisi Rutshuru
Other	Mount Nyiragongo

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