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Bukavu

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Bukavu [buːˈkɑːvuː]
n
(Placename) a port in E Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), on Lake Kivu: commercial and industrial centre. Pop.: 201 569 (1994 est.) Former name (until 1966) Costermansville


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Bukavu -- An air of mystery still hangs over the death of Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa Mwene Ngabo, a decade after his death on October 29, 1996, during a military attack on the city.
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Reports said three men in uniform invaded his home in Bukavu, the capital city of the South Kivu province, in eastern Congo.
 
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