Sake, DRC

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Population[1]
Year Inhabitants
1994 11,343
2004 (est.) 17,151

Sake is a town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the eastern province of North Kivu. It is located 20-30 km (13-18 mi) west of Goma on National Road No. 2, on the northwestern shore of Lake Kivu.[2]

The town has hosted Rwandans during the Great Lakes refugee crisis of the mid-1990s and Goma residents fleeing the 2002 eruption of Mount Nyiragongo.[2] Deadly battles between the government military and forces led by Laurent Nkunda led thousands of residents of Sake to flee in August 2006.[3] On 25 November 2006, fifteen to twenty thousands fled battles between Nkunda forces and the DRC army in an offensive waged by the former in the area of Sake. The fighting took place nearly a day before the Supreme Court was to rule on the outcome of the highly contested 2006 presidential run-off. The fighting appear to have dissipated the following morning. [4]

  1. ^ Monographie Province Nord-Kivu, DSRP RDC(French)
  2. ^ a b DR Congo: Volcano - IRIN: 23-Jan-02, IRIN via cidi.org, 23 January 2006
  3. ^ Thousands flee clash between Congo army and rebels, Reuters, 5 August 2006
  4. ^ "Thousands flee rebel attack in eastern Congo", Reuters, 25 November 2006

Coordinates: 1.574108° S 29.041328° E

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