Fizi

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Fizi is a territory and town in the province of Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is located in the south of the province, on the shore of Lake Tanganyika. The region has had a long history of independence from Kinshasa. It was the location of the maquis set up by Laurent-Désiré Kabila in 1967, [ [http://www.usafricaonline.com/news/n_crises.html "Anatomy & History of the Zaire-Congo Crises"] by Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, usafricaonline.com, 19 November 1996] as well as the birthplace of his son and current President Joseph Kabila. Throughout much of the Second Congo War, the town was disputed by numerous armed groups. [ [http://www.africaaction.org/docs97/cong9709.1.htm "Background Brief on the Current Situation in Kivu"] , "IRIN", 10 September 1997 (hosted by africaaction.org); [http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGAFR620381998?open&of=ENG-2AF "Thousands of civilians victims of atrocities in the DRC"] , "Amnesty International, 23 November 1998; and [http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/cc7b11c0c886ebba85256ef6006c743d "DR Congo: Complex Emergency Situation Report #4 (FY 2004)"] , United States Agency for International Development, 20 August 2004 (hosted by reliefweb.int)]

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External links

* [http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CG/12/Fizi.html Fizi] , fallingrain.com
* [http://www.fizi-itombwe.org Territoire de Fizi-Itombwe ou le pays de Babembe] , fizi-itombwe.com fr icon
* [http://www.kisombola.com/FWThumbnails/Seminaire%202006.pdf Rapport de L'Atelier de Reflexion sur les Resources Locales et la Dynamique du Developpement Rural Dans Le Territoire de Fizi - Itombwe] , report of seminar held 19-21 February 2006 fr icon