title: Ibembo
text: # Ibembo
  
  Ibembo is a village on the Itimbiri River in the Tshopo province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  
  ## History
  
  Ibembo was among the posts founded in 1890 by a Belgian expedition led by Léon Roget. Joseph Duvivier was placed in charge. Later, Ibembo was connected to Buta and Djabir by a railway track.
  
  Jacques Mbali, Bishop of Buta, was born in Ibembo in 1921.
  
  