2018 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Events in the year 2018 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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See also:	Other events of 2018 History of the DRC

Incumbents

• President: Joseph Kabila
• Prime Minister: Bruno Tshibala

Events

May

8 May – The 2018 Équateur province Ebola virus outbreak begins.^[1]

July

24 July – The WHO declares the Équateur province Ebola virus outbreak over.^[2]

August

1 August – Another Ebola virus outbreak was confirmed in Kivu in the eastern region of the country.^[3]

December

23 December – scheduled date for the Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2018

Deaths

André Bo-Boliko Lokonga

• 30 March – André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, politician (b. 1934).^[4]
• 3 July – Barthélemy Mukenge, politician (b. 1925).^[5]
• 26 October – Valentin Masengo Mkinda, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1940).^[6]