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9 February – At least 18 people are killed during a collision between a bus and a truck on a road in Kinshasa. [5]19 February – Rwanda rejects the United States’ calls to withdraw troops and missile systems from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, citing threats from an alleged Congolese military build-up near the border.
1 year, 45 days MPR: 15: Sambwa Pida Nbagui (1940–1998) — 7 March 1988 26 November 1988 264 days MPR (13) Léon Kengo wa Dondo (born 1935) — 26 November 1988 4 May 1990 1 year, 159 days MPR: 16: Lunda Bululu (born 1942) — 4 May 1990 1 April 1991 332 days MPR: 17: Mulumba Lukoji (1943–1997) — 1 April 1991 29 September 1991 [f] 181 ...
The ANR was created in the beginning of 1997 as an intelligence service of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL). In May 1997, the agency integrated the premises of the former Service national d'intelligence et de protection (SNIP), which had been renamed Direction générale de la sûreté nationale (DGSN) in 1996.
Rough diamonds ≈1 to 1.5 mm in size from DR Congo. The DRC is the world's largest producer of cobalt ore, and a major producer of copper and diamonds. [209] As of 2023, the country is estimated to possess around 70% of the world's cobalt production. [208] Diamonds come from Kasaï Province in the west.
Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo [1] (French: [feliks ɑ̃twan tʃisekedi tʃilombo]; born 13 June 1963) [2] is a Congolese politician serving as the fifth president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 2019.
[5] [6] Clashes between men wearing camouflage fatigues holding assault rifles and the security forces [1] were reported near the Palais du Peuple, [7] [8] which the assailants managed to enter. [9] Twenty others [10] attacked Vital Kamerhe's residence at Tshatshi Boulevard [5] in the Gombe neighborhood, [11] but were foiled by his security guards.
Radio Okapi was created by the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and the Swiss NGO Fondation Hirondelle. The agreement between MONUC and the Congolese government foresaw the creation of a radio network to inform the Congolese population of the MONUC's efforts.
Kamerhe started his political career in 1984 with the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). During the democratic transition under Mobutu Sese Seko, he was a member of the Rassemblement des forces Sociales et Federalistes (RSF) of fr:Vincent de Paul Lunda Bululu, and he was president of the youth wing of the Sacred Union of the Radical Opposition and Allies (French: Jeunesse de l ...