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Kisangani (/ k iː s ə ŋ ˈ ɡ ɑː n i /), formerly Stanleyville (Dutch: Stanleystad), is the capital of Tshopo Province, located on the Congo River in the eastern part of the central Congo Basin in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [4]
Kisangani, strategically located on the Tshopo and Lindi rivers, is the crossroads between eastern and western Congo. It is home to two airports, the Simisini and the Bangoka, which allows for easy resupply and force projection and to a large diamond market.
Kisangani Bangoka International Airport (IATA: FKI, ICAO: FZIC) is an airport serving Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The airport is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the city. The airport is 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of the city.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
The University of Kisangani (UNIKIS) is located in the city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.It was founded in 1963 by Protestant missionaries as the Free University of the Congo (French: Université libre du Congo, ULC); it was transformed into part of the National University of Zaire in 1971, and in 1981 was separated from that National University, along with the ...
Kisangani is a commune in the center of Kisangani city, the capital of Tshopo province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [1] [2] References
The documentary follows a 1997 United Nations discovery of thousands of Hutu refugees along the railway line south of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of Congo. The documentary gives account of the massacre that took place the night before the Hutus were found.
The Battle of Kisangani took place in March 1997 during the First Congo War. The rebels of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL), supported by the Rwandan Patriotic Front , took the city defended by the Zairian Armed Forces (FAZ) which was loyal to President Mobutu Sese Seko .