 north kivu (nord-kivu in french) is a province bordering lake kivu in the eastern democratic republic of the congo. its capital is goma. north kivu borders the provinces of orientale to the north and northwest, maniema to the southwest, and south kivu to the south. to the east it borders the countries of uganda and rwanda. the province consists of three citiesâgoma, butembo and beniâand six territoriesâbeni, lubero, masisi, rutshuru, nyiragongo and walikale. the province is home to the virunga national park, a world heritage site containing the endangered mountain gorillas. the region is politically unstable, and has been one of the flashpoints in military conflicts in the region since 1998. ==history== north kivu was formerly a "sub-region" in the region of kivu. the region was the scene of much fighting during the second congo war (1998â2003), and the kivu conflict (2004âpresent). laurent nkunda was offered the rank of brigadier general and command of the new congo government's fardc eighth military region, covering north kivu, by drc government decree 019/2003 of 19 august 2003. however, he refused to take up the post. on 26 may 2004, general obed wibasira (rcd-goma) was named to the position. however, wibasira was suspected of complicity with the soldiers in goma who triggered a mutiny in bukavu in february 2004, and on 23 january 2005 he was 
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