Moliro

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 Tanganyika province.

Moliro
Moliro
Coordinates: 8.220962°S 30.566497°E / -8.220962; 30.566497
Country DR Congo
ProvinceTanganyika
Time zoneUTC+2 (Central Africa Time)

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.
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