French is the official language. [3] Kasaï-Oriental was formed from the Tshilenge district and the independently administered city of Mbuji-Mayi which retained its status as a provincial capital.

Several thousand people were killed during the "pacification" of South Kasai, which lasted through the spring of 1962. C’est ce que révèle une mission d’évaluation humanitaire effectuée du 13 au 17 août dernier dans les zones de santé de Bena Leka et Kakenge.

Le Gouverneur de province Dieudonné PIEME; accompagné de son vice-Gouverneur Gaston Nkole TSHIMUANGA, a échangé ce mardi 21/07/2020 avec le bureau permanent de l’Assemblée Provinciale du Kasaï. The region in which Mbuji-Mayi is situated annually produces one-tenth in weight of the world's industrial diamonds, with mining managed by the Société Minière de Bakwanga. The new province's territory corresponds to most of the historic Sud-Kasaï province which existed in the early period after independance between 1963 and 1966. The Province of Lusambo precedes the current entity, it was created 1933 by carving out the districts of Kasai and Sankuru from the Province of Congo-Kasaï, one of the four provinces established in 1924. Le bassin de la rivière Kasaï correspond essentiellement à des zones de forêts vierges équatoriales dans sa partie nord. Lwalwa is spoken in the Kabalekese sector in the Luiza Territory. For example, recruits are reportedly forced to walk through fire and told that by undergoing the initiation ritual, they will be resurrected if they are killed in battle. The former provinces of Luluabourg and Unité-Kasaïenne correspond to the current districts of Lulua District and Kasaï District. [28], A few days later, a video showing members of the Congolese military killing civilians in the village of Mwanza Lomba was leaked.

The Kamwina Nsapu rebellion, also spelled Kamuina Nsapu rebellion, is an ongoing rebellion instigated by the Kamwina Nsapu militia against state security forces in the provinces of Kasaï-Central, Kasaï, Kasai-Oriental, Lomami and Sankuru. And Why Are Soldiers Guarding Them?

[47] Exploiting the growing insecurity, a series of major jailbreaks took place in Kananga during which several Kamwina Nsapu members managed to escape, including four militants who were suspected of having previously murdered two UN experts. The province of Kasaï-Occidental was established in 1966 by regrouping the provinces of Luluabourg and Unité Kasaïenne which in turn were created 1962 when the historical Kasaï Province was divided in five provinces namely Lomami, Sankuru, Sud-Kasai, Luluabourg, Unité-Kasaïenne. [48] According to the UN Children's Fund, 653 schools and 223 health centers were plundered amid the fighting between rebels and government forces in the Kasai region in May 2019. The Kamwina Nsapu rebellion, also spelled Kamuina Nsapu rebellion,[14] is an ongoing rebellion instigated by the Kamwina Nsapu militia against state security forces [15] in the provinces of Kasaï-Central, Kasaï, Kasai-Oriental, Lomami and Sankuru. Le district de Sankuru est essentiellement occupé par les Tetela. [29][30] Human Rights Minister Marie-Ange Mushobekwa said that the video had not been authenticated,[31] and Communications Minister Lambert Mende Omalanga said that it had filmed in another country "to destroy the image of the D.R.C. [2] Common demands by members of the militia are, however, the return of and the proper burial of their slain leader, which the government conceded in March or April 2017,[8][14] reparations for the chief's family, the restoration of damaged hospitals and schools by the central authorities, "social and economic development of the region" and the release of imprisoned rebels as well as civilians. [8] As the violence by Kamwina Nsapu's men escalated, the uprising spread, and an increasing number of locals picked up arms against the government. [2] A sua vazão média é de 1 200 metros cúbicos por segundo e sua bacia hidrográfica tem 900 000 quilômetros quadrados. That led him to contest the central government's power, and he began calling for an insurrection in June 2016.

Kasaï-Oriental, Lomami, and Sankuru provinces are the result of the dismemberment of the former Kasaï-Oriental province. This is the largest accumulation of diamonds in the world, more concentrated than those at Kimberley, South Africa. Bindi nord (Mbangani) is spoken in the sector of Lukibu in the Dimbelenge Territory. Kete Sud (Cikete) is spoken in the Dibaya Territory exclusively in the Tshishilu sector; also in the Luiza territory in the Bambayi, bushimayi, and Kalunga Sectors. [38], On 15 April 2017, the government returned the body of Kamwina Nsapu to the militia, one of its key demands, as a way of easing tensions and recognised his successor, Jacques Kabeya Ntumba, as a customary chief, as failure to recognize Nsapu had been a trigger for the fighting. [16] On 24 March 2017, militiamen reportedly killed and decapitated at least 40 policemen and spared six, who spoke the local Tshiluba language. Increasing reports surfaced of the military having massacred both captured rebels and Luba civilians who were suspected of supporting the insurgency. [1][2], Its splintered nature causes the rebellion to have no clear goals. [38] However, on 26 February 2017, Justin Milonga, the vice governor of Kasaï-Central, said that the "insanity" needed to end and that children should resume going to school.