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UNITA, Angola's main opposition party, exits a special parliamentary session in objection to the proposed public voting method for President João Lourenço's impeachment motion, which is subsequently dismissed.
2023-10-14

Angola announces that it will deploy troops to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, following the failure of a ceasefire between government forces and M23 rebels in North Kivu.
2023-03-10

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 Rwanda agree to a ceasefire from November 25 and "the immediate withdrawal of M23 rebels from the occupied areas".
2022-11-23

M23 rebels capture the towns of Kiwanja and Rutshuru in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. In response, the Congolese government expels Rwanda's ambassador, accusing the country of supporting the rebels.
2022-10-30

Angolans vote to elect their president in a tight race between incumbent leftist candidate João Lourenço and center-right candidate Adalberto Costa Júnior.
2022-08-24

A Congolese soldier crosses the border into Western Province, Rwanda, and is shot dead by a Rwandan Police officer. Rwandan officials say that the soldier had been attacking people and had injured two officers before he was killed.
2022-06-17

Twelve people are dead and 4,500 are sick in the Democratic Republic of the Congo following a toxic leak from a massive diamond mine in Angola.
2021-09-2

The United Nations says that more than 650 women and children have been detained, tortured and sexually abused during mass evictions from Angola to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2010-11-6

Foreign human rights groups accuse Rwandan and Congolese rebels of gang-raping nearly 200 women and some baby boys over four days within miles of a U.N. peacekeepers' base in the village of Bunangiri, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
2010-08-24