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December 2013 Kinshasa attacks

Index December 2013 Kinshasa attacks

Attacks in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, were launched by supporters of religious leader Paul Joseph Mukungubila against television studios, the airport and a military base in the capital on 30 December 2013. [1]

17 relations: Colonel Tshatshi Military Camp, Democratic Republic of the Congo, First Congo War, Joseph Kabila, Katanga Province, Kindu, Kinshasa, Kolwezi, Lambert Mende Omalanga, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Lubumbashi, Mai-Mai, Maniema, MONUSCO, N'djili Airport, Paul-Joseph Mukungubila, Republican Guard (Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Colonel Tshatshi Military Camp

The Colonel Tshatshi Military Camp (French, Camp Militaire Colonel Tshatshi) is a military compound and headquarters of the Military of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (République démocratique du Congo), also known as DR Congo, the DRC, Congo-Kinshasa or simply the Congo, is a country located in Central Africa.

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First Congo War

The First Congo War (1996–1997) was a foreign invasion of Zaire led by Rwanda that replaced President Mobutu Sésé Seko with the rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila.

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Joseph Kabila

Joseph Kabila Kabange (born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who has been President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since January 2001.

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Katanga Province

Katanga was one of the eleven provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between 1966 and 2015, when it was split into the Tanganyika, Haut-Lomami, Lualaba and Haut-Katanga provinces.

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Kindu

Kindu is a city in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the capital of Maniema province.

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Kinshasa

Kinshasa (formerly Léopoldville (Léopoldville or Dutch)) is the capital and the largest city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Kolwezi

Kolwezi or Kolwesi is the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi.

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Lambert Mende Omalanga

Lambert Mende Omalanga is the minister of communications of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Laurent-Désiré Kabila (November 27, 1939 – January 16, 2001), or simply Laurent Kabila (US), was a Congolese revolutionary and politician who served as the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from May 17, 1997, when he overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko, until his assassination by one of his bodyguards on January 16, 2001.

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Lubumbashi

Lubumbashi (former names: (French) and (Dutch)) in the southeastern part of Democratic Republic of the Congo is the second-largest city in the country, the largest being the capital, Kinshasa.

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Mai-Mai

The term Mai-Mai or Mayi-Mayi refers to any kind of community-based militia group active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), formed to defend their local territory against other armed groups.

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Maniema

Maniema is one of 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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MONUSCO

The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or MONUSCO, an acronym based on its French name, is a United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) which was established by the United Nations Security Council in resolutions 1279 (1999) and 1291 (2000) of the United Nations Security Council to monitor the peace process of the Second Congo War, though much of its focus subsequently turned to the Ituri conflict, the Kivu conflict and the Dongo conflict.

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N'djili Airport

N'djili Airport (Aéroport de N'djili), also known as N'Djili International Airport and Kinshasa International Airport, serves the city of Kinshasa and is the largest of the four international airports in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

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Paul-Joseph Mukungubila

Paul Joseph Mukungubila Mutombo (born 26 December 1947 in Kisala, Katanga Province) is a Congolese religious and political figure.

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Republican Guard (Democratic Republic of the Congo)

The Republican Guard (Garde Républicaine) of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as the Special Presidential Security Group (GSSP), is maintained by President Joseph Kabila.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2013_Kinshasa_attacks

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