Basankusu

DR Congo

Basankusu, in DR Congo, shares 53 connections with 4711 other places across 11 topics, with nature dominant and science, religion, and industry also well represented. The town holds a notable place in disease history as the first location where monkeypox in humans was recorded. Its Catholic diocese, centered on the Saints Peter and Paul cathedral, links it to religious networks across central Africa. During the 1998–2003 war, Basankusu was held by the Movement for the Liberation of Congo and cut off from outside trade and relief.