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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 .
Kisangani holds a campus of the National University of the Congo, which includes the renowned Medicine Faculty, also known because of the refuted oral polio vaccine AIDS hypothesis. [75] Kisangani also maintains the city's focal library at University of Kisangani. The city holds an extensive collection of ancient Congolese and near East African ...
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The Six-Day War (French: Guerre des Six Jours) was a series of armed confrontations between Ugandan and Rwandan forces around the city of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 5 to 10 June 2000. The war formed part of the wider Second Congo War (1998–2003).
The Kisangani Mutinies are referenced in the hit single "Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner" by singer-songwriter Warren Zevon and former Congo mercenary David Lindell. It is also featured in the 1995 film Outbreak. Both the 1966 and 1967 mutinies are featured in the 2011 film Mister Bob.
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 .
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.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo ... Bukavu, Kinshasa, Kisangani, Lubumbashi; References