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2021 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Events in the year 2021 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Incumbents
- President: Félix Tshisekedi
- Prime Minister
- Sylvestre Ilunga (until January 29)[1]
Events
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Ongoing – COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Allied Democratic Forces insurgency (2021 Democratic Republic of the Congo attacks)
January and February
- January 1 – Two soldiers and 14 Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) rebels are killed in fighting in Loselose village, Beni. Twenty-five civilians were killed on December 31, 2020.[2]
- January 4 – Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) kill 25 civilians in villages of Tingwe, Mwenda and Nzenga.[3][4]
- January 6
- China extends debt relief. Congo’s exports to China, mostly in copper (Cu) and cobalt (Co), surged 30% in 2020 compared with 2019.[5]
- Two children and a woman drown when a boat carrying 100 passengers capsizes near Goma, North Kivu, in Lake Kivu.[6]
- January 8 – President Tshisekedi pardons and releases twenty-two men, including Colonel Eddy Kapend, convicted for the 2001 assassination of former president Laurent-Désiré Kabila.[7]
- January 9 – Six rangers are killed by Mai-Mai fighters in Virunga National Park.[8]
- January 15
- Forty-six African Pygmies, mostly women and children, are killed (some beheaded) by ADF fighters in Irumu Territory, Ituri Province. Two rebels are arrested.[9]
- The United States lifts sanctions on Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler, who has been accused of corruption in the Congo.[10]
- January 17 – President Felix Tshisekedi pays tribute to Patrice Lumumba on the 60th anniversary of his assassination.[11]
- January 22 – The National Assembly files a motion of no-confidence in Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga Ilunkamba.[12]
- January 26 – Nine die and 19 are missing after a barge sinks on the Congo River in Tshopo.[13]
- January 29 – Prime Minister Sylvestre Ilunga resigns.[1]
- February 7 – A new case of ebola is reported in North Kivu.[14]
- February 15 – Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde becomes the new Prime Minister;[15] 2021 Congo River disaster[16]
- February 22 – The Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Luca Attanasio, is killed in an apparent kidnapping attempt near Kanyamahoro, north of Goma. A carabiniere and their driver are also killed by the attackers. Their group was part of a larger World Food Programme convoy visiting a WFP-run school feeding program in Rutshuru. [17][18][19]
- February 24 – Thirteen civilians are killed in Beni and Kisima. 1,010 civilians have been killed in fighting in Kiva since November 2019.[20]
March and April
- March 8
- The International Criminal Court will provide $30 million to compensate victims of Bosco Ntaganda.[21]
- Julienne Lusenge, human rights activist, is awarded the International Women of Courage Award.[22]
- March 14 - At least twelve people were killed in a mass stabbing in Bulongo village, blamed on the Allied Democratic Forces.[23]
- April 12 - The new Lukonde cabinet is formed.[24]
May and June
- May 22 - 2021 Mount Nyiragongo eruption begins.
- May 8 – Militia chief Jackson Muhukambuto is arrested in connection with 19 murders of rangers in Virunga National Park over a period of three years.[25]
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Scheduled events
- April 3-5 — The foreign ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan will meet in Kinshasa for talks on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.[26]
Culture
Sports
- January 27 – FIFA announces on that Constant Omari failed an integrity and eligibility check and is barred from seeking reelection.[27]
Births
- February 12 – Virunga National Park announces the birth of the first mountain gorilla, a male, of 2021.[28]
Deaths
- January 8 – Dorine Mokha, 31, dancer; malaria.[29]
- February 19 – Joseph Kesenge Wandangakongu, 92, Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Molegbe (1968–1997).[30]
- February 22 – Luca Attanasio, 43, Italian diplomat, ambassador; assassinated[17]
- February 24 – N'Singa Udjuu, 86, politician, First State Commissioner of Zaire (1981–1982).[31]
- March 7 – Josky Kiambukuta, 72, singer (TPOK Jazz).[32]
- March 10 Henri-Thomas Lokondo, 65, politician, MP (since 2006); COVID-19.[33]
- March 21 – Honoré Ngbanda, 74, politician, minister of defense (1990–1997).[34]
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References
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