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A militia attack on the village of Kasoso left 18 people dead. [89] 10 May Kilia, North Kivu 5 0 An ADF attack on the village of Kilia and the UN base there killing five inducing a UN peacekeeper from Malawi. [90] 11–16 May Mambasa territory, Ituri 21 52 A series of ADF attacks in Mambasa territory left 21 people dead and 52 people taken ...
Over the course of more than a year, the M23 militias have escalated their attacks in the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The M23, a primarily Tutsi rebellion that was defeated in 2013 , resumed their armed struggle at the end of 2021, citing the Congolese government 's failure to protect their interests, which include ...
On 24 February 2013, leaders of eleven African nations signed an agreement designed to bring peace to the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, among them Rwanda and Uganda. Both had been accused of aiding the M23 rebellion, a charge they denied. [75] M23 was not represented either in the negotiations, or at the signing. [75]
CODECO / Alliance for the Liberation of the Congo (CODECO/ALC) – it was the first faction to sign the unilateral peace agreement – on 15 July 2020, but later rejected the agreement, following the events at Bunia, and entered into fighting against Congolese authorities once more. However, CODECO/ALC rejoined the peace process on 17 November ...
On October 24, 2020, militants from CODECO-ALC attacked Congolese and MONUSCO forces in the town of Dele, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.In response, Congolese forces launched an offensive against CODECO-ALC, capturing several towns from the group and killing its leader Mountain Wolf.
Draghi asked the United Nations and the World Food Programme to open an investigation into the attack. [17] President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Félix Tshisekedi sent a letter to Attanasio's widow Zakia Seddiki, saying his government had started an investigation in Goma "so that light is shed on these heinous crimes as soon as ...
In 1961, France sent colonel Roger Trinquier to support the coup d'etat of Mobutu Sese Seko. [1]Valéry Giscard d'Estaing decided to send the French Army to Zaïre in 1977 to help Mobutu, whose régime threatened to crumble before rebels of the Congolese National Liberation Front in the Shaba I war.
On 2 February 2022, over 60 civilians from the Hema ethnic group [2] were killed in a massacre in Djugu territory, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3]During the early hours, CODECO insurgents armed with machetes and edged weapons [4] attacked Plaine Savo, a camp for internally displaced people in the northeast of the country in which around 4,000 people live. [3]