Beni Territory, also known as Oicha Territory,
is a
territory
A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, belonging or connected to a particular country, person, or animal.
In international politics, a territory is usually a geographic area which has not been granted the powers of self-government, ...
of
North Kivu,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
. 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
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...
. It was there that the
Kirindera massacre, perpetrated by the ADF, happened.
References
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Territories of North Kivu Province