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At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison pénitentiaire et de rééducation de Kinshasa in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2024-09-2

The Democratic Republic of the Congo lifts the 2003 moratorium on the death penalty in an attempt to reduce the level of violence in the country.
2024-03-15

Nineteen people are killed by suspected Islamist insurgents in Kirindera, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2023-03-12

Burundi deploys 100 troops to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help the country fight insurgencies by militias, including M23.
2023-03-4

The Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi jointly announce that 40 Burundian rebels of the National Forces of Liberation have been killed recently in eastern DRC.
2022-11-27

Ukraine withdraws its 250 troops from the United Nations peacekeeping force MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. A Ukrainian Air Force aviation unit also withdraws its eight helicopters from the mission, which made up a third of the UN's fleet.
2022-09-18

The Democratic Republic of the Congo enacts a "state of siege" over the provinces of Kivu and Ituri for 30 days. During this time, both provinces will be placed under military rule. The provincial governments and entities of these provinces will either be replaced by offices of the FARDC or by the national police. Civil jurisdictions will also be replaced by military jurisdictions.
2021-05-6

An armed assault erupts on Sunday and continues into today in Bugarama, Rumonge, Burundi between militants and security forces, leaving at least 15 people dead. A group named Red Tabara, based in Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, claims responsibility and says that the election of past May won by Évariste Ndayishimiye were a "farce" and calls for new elections. The Burundian army did not comment on the attack.
2020-08-24

An outbreak of cholera hits a refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo where thousands have fled fighting between M23 rebels and government troops.
2012-08-5

The United Nations publishes a toned down version of its report into war crimes said to have occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the 1990s after Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi rejected the report's findings.
2010-10-1