Ri-Kwangba is a site in

West Equatoria Western Equatoria is a state in South Sudan. It has an area of . Its capital is Yambio. The state was divided into counties, each headed by a County Commissioner. Western Equatoria seceded from Sudan as part of the Republic of South Sudan o ...

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the ...

, near the border with the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

. It, along with Owiny Ki-Bul, is one of two assembly points for the rebel

Lord's Resistance Army The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), also known as the Lord's Resistance Movement, is a rebel group and heterodox Christian group which operates in northern Uganda, South Sudan, the Central African Republic, and the Democratic Republic of the ...

(LRA) under the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement agreed to by the LRA and government of

Uganda }), is a landlocked country in East Africa. The country is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. The sou ...

on 26 August 2006. In September 2006, the only structures at the location, which was essentially a 200-by-300 meter clearing in the jungle, were five huts. June 2007

peace talks A peace process is the set of sociopolitical negotiations, agreements and actions that aim to solve a specific armed conflict. Definitions Prior to an armed conflict occurring, peace processes can include the prevention of an intra-state or in ...

held in Ri-Kwangba resulted in an improvement of facilities, in order to handle the gathering of delegates." Sudan’s Ri-Kwangba: A meeting point for the Ugandan rebels"
'' Sudan Tribune'', 2 June 2007

Notes and references

External links

"SUDAN-UGANDA: Living with the Lord’s Resistance Army"
'' IRIN'', 1 June 2007 Populated places in Western Equatoria Lord's Resistance Army {{SouthSudan-geo-stub