 Banyamulenge, izwi rinotsanangura nhoroondo yevanhu verudzi rweTutsi Rwandans Banyarwanda vakaunganidzwa paItombwe Plateau mudunhu iri, vanga vari ivo vanopokana zvakanyanya. Nzvimbo isina kujeka yezvematongerwo enyika uye yemagariro evaBanyamulenge yanga iri nyaya yekukakavadzana mudunhu iri mushure mekupinda kwemauto eInterahamwe anotiza mhosva yekuuraya maRwanda maTutsi mudunhu reKivu mushure mekusunungurwa kweRwanda yakavakidzana neRwanda Patriotic Front inotungamirwa neTutsi, zvichitungamira kuBanyamulenge vachitamba chinzvimbo chakakosha mukutungamira kweHondo yekutanga yeCongo muna 1996-1997 uye Hondo yeCongo yechipiri ya1998-2003. South Kivu, pamwe chete neNorth Kivu, yave iri nzvimbo huru yehondo yacho, iyo yakatevera Hondo yeCongo yeChipiri. 