Editing Kitona

{{Short description|Town in the Democratic Republic of Congo}}
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'''Kitona''' is a town of about 4,000 persons{{citation needed|date=December 2014}} in the [[Bas-Congo]] province of the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. It is located to the southwest of the country along the [[Atlantic Ocean]], about 190 miles southwest of the capital city of [[Kinshasa]]. Following the [[Second World War]], a [[Military of Belgium|Belgian military]] base, including an airbase, was established there, along with another at [[Kamina]]. Both bases played important roles during the early 1960s [[Congo Crisis]].

Upon the outbreak of the [[Second Congo War]] on August 4, 1998, [[Rwanda Defence Force|Rwandan]] and [[Uganda People's Defence Force|Ugandan]] forces under the command of [[James Kabarebe]] [[Operation Kitona|landed at the airbase]] and quickly captured the town. It was subsequently recaptured by a government-aligned [[Angola]]n force with tanks that drove out of the province of [[Cabinda (province)|Cabinda]] on 22 August.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cooper|first1=Tom|title=Great Lakes Conflagration: Second Congo War, 1998 - 2013|date=Nov 19, 2013|publisher=Helion and Company|isbn=978-1909384668|pages=24–25|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uXZAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1|accessdate=24 December 2014}}</ref> 

Currently, [[Kitona Air Base|an airbase]] is located in the town.

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