Manono is a town and territory in Tanganyika Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Rally for Congolese Democracy rebels and allied Rwandan soldiers took control of Manono in 1999.

[1][2] A hydro-electric power plant used to provide electricity, and the town used to have a brewery, which supplied the surrounding region; both were destroyed during the war.

[8] Economic activity is centered on mining, with the surrounding area containing approximately 100 million tonnes of minerals, including spodumene (lithium), columbite, tin and tantalite.

[13] Manono has a cathedral which was built by Belgian missionaries, and was severely damaged during the war.