Beni is a city in north eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, lying immediately west of the Virunga National Park and the Rwenzori Mountains, on the edge of the Ituri Forest.

Beni is home to a market, an airport and the Christian Bilingual University of Congo (UCBC).

Between October 2014 and May 2016 over 500 people died in a series of attacks on Beni and its surrounding area that have been attributed to Ugandan Islamist rebels.

As of December 2018 Beni has been subject to over 200 cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) according to the World Health Organization.

[9] Beni became the temporary provincial capital of North Kivu following the capture of Goma in 2025 by the March 23 Movement.