Shabunda is a locality and a territory of South Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a state located in Central Africa. It is the second largest country in Africa by area and the eleventh largest in the world...

. Shabunda is the largest territory in the province, covering more than 25,000 square kilometres.

'..It is home to over a million people. The administrative centre, Shabunda, is nearly 3,000 km from the capital, Kinshasa. There are no telephones, no postal services and no radio. Only landing strips keep the territory from being completely cut off.' The territory saw extensive fighting during the Second Congo War

Second Congo War

The Second Congo War, also known as Coltan War and the Great War of Africa, began in August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , and officially ended in July 2003 when the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo took power; however, hostilities continue to this...

and fighting continues in the area.