Bukavu

[ boo-kah-voo ]

noun

1. a city in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Bukavu

/ buːˈkɑːvuː /

noun

1. a port in E Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaïre), on Lake Kivu: commercial and industrial centre. Pop: 294 000 (2005 est) Former name (until 1966)Costermansville

Example Sentences

Its ambition: to open a permanent media center and a women radio station in Bukavu.

From The Daily Beast

The road from the Rwanda-Congo border to Bukavu—a war-torn city on the southeastern edge of Lake Kivu—was almost impassable.

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The first survivor she met, at Panzi hospital in Bukavu, became the first rape interview she broadcast over the airwaves.

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The Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, is a Christian hospital founded by Dr. Denis Mukwege in 1999.

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