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Pweto is the largest town between Moliro on the shore of Lake
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Pweto was the forward base for AFDL (including Genl Joseph Kabila, son of
President and commander of AFDL army). In October 2000. The AFDL advance was reversed in Pepa, resulting in a three-week retreat, to Pweto. Panic caused the only ferry across the Luvua River to be sunk by a misloaded T62 tank.
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Rainfall over the lake averages around 1,080 millimetres (43 in) annually, with the most rain in
December. The average annual temperature is around 23 °C (73 °F). October is the warmest month with daily maxima up to 34 °C (93 °F), while July is the coolest with mean
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which resulted in both sides making more active efforts to achieve peace. Pweto and the surrounding region were devastated during the war. As of 2011 little had been done to restore infrastructure or rebuild the economy. The town is served by
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was concerned about further alienating international supporters. He was given a cold reception when he visited
Washington. In February 2001 the Rwandan Patriotic Army started to withdraw from Pweto. The Rwandan Chief of Operations, Colonel
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militia entered the town, and RDC officials hastily left. Later that month the
Rwandan-backed RDC-Goma forces again took control of Pweto, threatening the peace agreement under which Pweto was declared a demilitarized zone.
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slow. Basic government services are still not available, public infrastructure is in poor condition and the local economy is scarcely functional. Corruption and lack of confidence in stability are handicaps to investment.
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was adopted unanimously on March 19, 2002. Stressing that no party would be allowed to make military gains during the peace process, the UN demanded that the RCD-Goma immediately withdraw from
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The population of Pweto had tripled due to civilians fleeing from fighting elsewhere in
Katanga, overwhelming health care facilities. Since the start of 2000 there had been 1,800 cases of
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by his bodyguards, on 18 January 2001, and to a complete shift in the political situation on both sides. The
Rwandans chose not to pursue the Congolese forces into Zambia since President
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and Pweto and for all other parties to withdraw to defensive positions called for in the Harare disengagement sub-plans. On 21 June 2002, child soldiers of the pro-government
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to the south. The
Rwandans were able to seize a large weapons stockpile. Some 3,000 government soldiers escaped across the border into Zambia, as well as 60,000 civilians.
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Senior officers fled to Zambia. Thirty three vehicles (tanks, armoured personnel carriers, trucks, ambulance) were burnt to avoid capture.
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Mawson West built a new runway to the north of Pweto in 2012–2013 to serve the proposed copper mine, but after construction of the new
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temperature of 20 °C (68 °F). The lake has abundant and diverse fish, the most important economically being
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fighters and former
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