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Attacks were carried out by various armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2021 and 2022. The attacks have killed 629 and injured 321 (not including rebel casualties). At least 82 perpetrators were also killed and one injured in these attacks.
20 December – 2023 Democratic Republic of the Congo general election: Voters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo elect the President, members of the National Assembly, provincial assemblies, and commune councils. 26 December – Twenty-two people are killed by floods in Kasaï-Central. Several houses and structures are damaged, with a ...
Belgian Mission - Congo Genocide: 1890 to 1910 10/15 Millions Deaths By King Leopold II, the constitutional monarch of Belgium against African Congolese people. In the 19th century, Leopold II, tried to persuade the governance to colonize certain areas of Africa. Under the pretext of humanitarian purposes, he managed to legally own the Kongo ...
M23 rebels in Goma, November 2012. The March 23 Movement waged a rebellion in the northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 2012 to 2013. M23 was formed by deserters of the DRC Armed Forces (FARDC) who had previously been members of the CNDP rebel group and been dissatisfied with the conditions of their service.
Democratic Republic of Congo's government on Monday accused M23 rebels and Rwandan forces backing them of sending false navigation signals to disrupt air traffic over the country's eastern North ...
[9] [10] [3] Rwanda and M23 [11] have also accused the DRC of working together with the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), a racist Hutu Power paramilitary group that took part in the Rwandan Genocide. [12] Both the Congo and Rwanda deny they support the FDLR and M23, respectively, [9] [13] contrary to research and reports ...
In July 2024, a United Nations report pointed to Uganda's links with the M23 [30] and accused the Democratic Republic of Congo of having started arming other groups opposed to M23 in July 2023. [31] M23 and other groups are engaged in a wide range of abuses in the region: recruitment of child soldiers, [ 32 ] violence against the civilian ...
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]