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As part of the larger Congo Crisis (1960–1964), the siege of Jadotville began on 13 September 1961, lasting for five days. [13] While serving under the United Nations Operation in the Congo (Opération des Nations Unies au Congo, ONUC), a small contingent of the Irish Army's 35th Battalion, designated "A" Company, were besieged at the UN base near the mining town of Jadotville (modern-day ...
26 October 2008 — 23 March 2009 Nord-Kivu campaign. 20 January 2009 — 27 February 2009 Eastern Congo offensive. 4 April 2012 — 7 November 2013 M23 rebellion. 2007 — ongoing ADF insurgency. 2009 Dongo conflict. 27 February 2011 Democratic Republic of the Congo coup d'état attempt. 30 December 2013 Kinshasa attacks. 2020 Congo attacks.
The Congo Crisis (French: Crise congolaise) was a period of political upheaval and conflict between 1960 and 1965 in the Republic of the Congo (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo). [c] The crisis began almost immediately after the Congo became independent from Belgium and ended, unofficially, with the entire country under the rule of ...
People's Republic of the Congo: Pro-Ange Diawara Faction Coup fails: First Republic of the Congo Civil War (1993–1994) Republic of the Congo Cocoye Militia Ninja Militia Gabon France: Congolese Party of Labour Cobra Militia: Government victory: Second Republic of the Congo Civil War (1997–1999) Armed Forces of the Republic of the Congo (to ...
Note: Rwanda and Uganda fought a short war in June 2000 over Congolese territory. The Second Congo War, [a] also known as Africa's World War, [9] the Great War of Africa, or the Great African War, began in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 2 August 1998, just over a year after the First Congo War, and involved some of the same issues.
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]
Civil wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (also known as Congo-Kinshasa and DR Congo, formerly known as Congo-Léopoldville and Zaire): Congo Crisis (1960–1965), dating from the country's independence from Belgium to the rise of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Kwilu rebellion (1963–1965)
99 killed. 134 wounded. 20 captured. 24 hostages killed. Operation Dragon Rouge (French: Opération Dragon Rouge, IPA: [ɔpeɾasjõ dɾagõ ɾuʒə], meaning "Operation Red Dragon") was a hostage rescue operation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo conducted jointly by Belgium and the United States in 1964. The operation was led by the ...