{{Short description|Village in Bafuliiru Chiefdom, Uvira Territory}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} '''Kiringye''' is a village situated in the Lemera ''groupement'' within the Bafuliiru Chiefdom, Uvira Territory, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. The village is located at an elevation of 928 meters and is near the localities of Luburule and Karenzu.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 September 2018 |title=Sud-Kivu: l'ONG OADR déplore l'aggravation de la famine et la pauvreté à Kiringye |trans-title=South Kivu: NGO OADR deplores worsening famine and poverty in Kiringye |url=https://www.radiookapi.net/2018/09/07/actualite/societe/sud-kivu-long-oadr-deplore-laggravation-de-la-famine-et-la-pauvrete |access-date=31 May 2023 |website=Radio Okapi |language=fr}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kishamata |first=Jérôme Katongo |title=Monographie de la chefferie des Bafuliiru |url=https://www.africmemoire.com/part.4-monographie-de-la-cheffeerie-des-bafuliiru-628.html |access-date=24 June 2023 |publisher=Université Officielle de Bukavu (UOB) |language=French |publication-place=Bukavu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo}}</ref>

Agriculture is the main economic activity in the region,<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kf4QoA9quC8C |title=Auto-organisation des réfugiés dans les camps à l'Est du Zaïre (1994-1996) |publisher=Presses universitaires de Namur |year=2004 |isbn=9782870374276 |editor-last=Sibomana |editor-first=René |location=Namur, Belgium |pages=87–92 |language=French |editor-last2=Dusenge |editor-first2=Virginie}}</ref> which provides local communities with self-sufficiency.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Mondo |first1=J. M. |last2=Bagula |first2=E. M. |last3=Bisimwa |first3=E. B. |last4=Bushunju |first4=P. A. |last5=Mirindi |first5=C. M. |last6=Kazamwali |first6=L. M. |last7=Chirhuza |first7=S. B. |last8=Karume |first8=K. & Mushagalusa |title=Benefits and drivers of farm mechanisation in Ruzizi Plain, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo |url=http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?cs20009 |journal=African Crop Science Journal |language=English |volume=28 |issue=1 |pages=111–130 |issn=1021-9730}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BPY-pyynDEMC&q=Kiringye%20Uvira |title=Special Publication: Volumes 17-27 |publisher=Experiment Stations |others=Contributor: University of Georgia and College of Agriculture. |year=1982 |pages=10 |language=English}}</ref>

== History == The area was mainly inhabited by the Fuliru people and formed part of their Bafuliiru Chiefdom, which oversees several areas within Uvira Territory.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Chubaka |first=Bishikwabo |date=1987 |title=Aux Origines De La Ville D'uvira Selon Les Explorateurs Et Les Pionniers De La Colonisation Belge Au Zaire (1840-1914) |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41968746 |journal=Civilisations |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=83–126 |jstor=41968746 |issn=0009-8140}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Bizimana |first=Josée Kana |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FTyAEAAAQBAJ&dq=Bafulero+Uvira&pg=PT88 |title=The Survivor Champion: The Remarkable Story of a Refugee Child |publisher=Grosvenor House Publishing |date=September 2022 |isbn=9781839759727 |location=Surbiton, England |language=English}}</ref>

During the 1980s, Kiringye became known for its productive farming and its impact on the local economy. The village benefited from fertile ground and a climate that supported consistent crop growth, which helped it become one of the main farming areas in the region.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Thaholokya |first1=Kahindo S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kl5EAAAAYAAJ&q=Kiringye%20Uvira |title=Rice Marketing in the Ruzizi Valley of Zaire |last2=Williams |first2=Floyd Wendell |last3=W. Ames |first3=Glenn C. |publisher=University of Georgia, Agricultural Experiment Stations |year=1983 |location=Griffin, Georgia |pages=10 |language=English}}</ref>

At the beginning of the First Congo War, Kiringye was used as a base by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (AFDL). This alliance was supported by soldiers from Rwanda and Burundi, who entered the region to assist the Banyamulenge militia against the government of Mobutu Sese Seko. On 31 August 1997, government spokesperson Oscar Lugendo reported that Zairean forces had killed three Rwandan soldiers and captured five others in Kiringye.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Thomas Turner |first=Doctor |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PvpiDgAAQBAJ&dq=Kiringye+Uvira&pg=PT82 |title=The Congo Wars: Conflict, Myth and Reality |publisher=Zed Books |year=2010 |isbn=9781848135031 |location=London, United Kingdom |language=English}}</ref> During the Second Congo War, 13 people, including the chief of Kiringye, were massacred on 6 August 1998. The violence then spread to the nearby village of Lwiburule.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Second Congo War – Attacks on other civilian populations – South Kivu |url=http://www.mapping-report.org/en/second-congo-war-attacks-on-other-civilian-populations-south-kivu/ |access-date=31 May 2023 |website=DRC Mapping Exercise Report |language=en-US}}</ref>

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