Moliro
Place in Tanganyika, DR Congo
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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.
DR CongoMoliro | |
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  Moliro | |
| Coordinates: 8.220962°S 30.566497°E | |
| Country | DR Congo |
| Province | Tanganyika |
| Time zone | UTC+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]
