Basankusu wani gari ne a lardin Équateur, Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Kongo . Shi ne babban gari da kuma Cibiyar gudanarwa na Yankin Basankusu . A shekara ta 2004, an kiyasta yawan jama'a 23,764. Yana da filin jirgin sama na dutse, an rufe shi kuma an buɗe kasuwanni, asibiti, da cibiyoyin sadarwar wayar salula guda uku, wanda aka shigar da na farko a cikin shekara ta 2006. An kuma san garin a matsayin cibiyar kokarin kiyayewa na Bonobo. Duk da irin wannan ci gaba, yawancin mazauna suna rayuwa a matakin rayuwa: farauta, kamun kifi, kiyaye kaji da kiyaye kayan lambu. A shekara ta 2010, ma'aikata a gonar dabino ta gida za su sami matsakaicin albashi na kowane wata na $ 40 (dala na Amurka), yawancin wasu za su sami ƙasa da haka.[1]