eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

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conflict-affected area region

Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is a conflict-affected region rich in natural resources and home to numerous armed groups and humanitarian crises.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Democratic Republic of the Congo border 2
Orientale region of DRC 1
eastern Congo 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict-affected area ⓘ
region ⓘ
armedGroupPresence Allied Democratic Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
CODECO NERFINISHED ⓘ
FDLR NERFINISHED ⓘ
M23 NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mai-Mai militias NERFINISHED ⓘ
various local militias ⓘ
borders Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictLinkedTo control of mineral resources ⓘ
ethnic tensions ⓘ
regional interference ⓘ
conflictType armed conflict ⓘ
civil conflict ⓘ
containsLake Lake Kivu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsNationalPark Kahuzi-Biega National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virunga National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
economicActivity artisanal mining ⓘ
cross-border trade ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
governanceChallenges corruption GENERATED ⓘ
limited infrastructure GENERATED ⓘ
weak state presence GENERATED ⓘ
hasInternallyDisplacedPersons yes ⓘ
hasIssue epidemic outbreaks ⓘ
food insecurity ⓘ
humanitarian crisis ⓘ
insecurity ⓘ
internal displacement ⓘ
sexual violence in conflict ⓘ
hasNaturalResource cassiterite ⓘ
cobalt ⓘ
coltan ⓘ
copper ⓘ
diamonds ⓘ
gold ⓘ
oil reserves ⓘ
timber ⓘ
hasRefugeePopulationFrom Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUNMission MONUSCO NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesProvince Ituri NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maniema NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Kivu NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Kivu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanganyika Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor humanitarian emergencies ⓘ
long-running conflict ⓘ
presence of numerous armed groups ⓘ
rich mineral deposits ⓘ
locatedIn African Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorCity Bukavu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bunia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Goma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kindu NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Queen Elizabeth Biosphere Reserve → adjacentTo → eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Republic of the Congo border
Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda → headquartersLocation → eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Mai-Mai militias → locatedIn → eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
L'Hoest's monkey → nativeTo → eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Kabale → near → eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democratic Republic of the Congo border
Bangala → region → eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orientale region of DRC
Laurent-Désiré Kabila → regionOfActivity → eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: eastern Congo
University of Kisangani → regionServed → eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
this entity surface form: northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Virunga Foundation → regionServed → eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ