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The last executions to take place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo occurred in January 2003. [9] [10] It was a mass execution of 15 people; the British Broadcasting Corporation reported that eight of those executed were by mistake. [11]
On 19 May 2024, an attempted coup d'état took place in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3] Targeting President Félix Tshisekedi and his Economy Minister Vital Kamerhe, the assailants attacked both the Palais de la Nation and Kamerhe's residence.
On 12 February 2025, Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) militants entered the village of Mayba in Lubero Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo and abducted at least 70 Christian civilians. The captives were subsequently taken to a Protestant church in Kasanga, North Kivu, where they were beheaded with a machete. Their bodies were ...
The last execution took place in 2003 but in March 2024, the Congolese government announced the resumption of capital executions, however, the reinstated death penalty was intended to apply to ...
The U.N. voices concern over alleged atrocities as Rwandan-backed rebels reportedly advance after seizing the city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo. U.N. warns of executions and gang ...
Democratic Republic of Congo's government said at least 129 people were killed while trying to escape from the central Makala prison in the capital Kinshasa late on Sunday, adding that the ...
In addition to mass executions, the assailants looted medical centers and other facilities. [ 3 ] The massacre led to the mass displacement of civilians, with hundreds of thousands fleeing to nearby locations such as Kanyabayonga , Kibirizi, Kashala, Kirima, Rwindi , Nyanzale , Kashalira, Bambu, and Kitchanga , while some sought refuge in ...
King Leopold II, whose rule of the Congo Free State was marked by severe atrocities, violence and major population decline.. Even before his accession to the throne of Belgium in 1865, the future king Leopold II began lobbying leading Belgian politicians to create a colonial empire in the Far East or in Africa, which would expand and enhance Belgian prestige. [2]