2020 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Events in the year 2020 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .

Incumbents

• President: Félix Tshisekedi
• Prime Minister: Sylvestre Ilunga

Events

• Ongoing since 2018 – Kivu Ebola epidemic
• Ongoing since 2019 – 2019–2020 measles outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 10 March – First confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• March to May – Flooding in South Kivu Province led to the death of 44 people, 200 were injured, while 64,000 were made homeless. ^[1]
• 24 May - 20 September – A series of massacres took place, carried out mostly by Islamist rebel group Allied Democratic Forces.
• 12 September – At least 50 people were killed in when landslides collapse three artisanal gold mines near Kamituga, South Kivu. Collapses killed 18 earlier this year in Maniema and Katanga. ^[2]
• 20 October - Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) reportedly orchestrated a prison escape from the Kangbayi prison in Beni. ^[3]
• 31 December – ADF rebels kill and in many cases behead 25 people in Tingwe, Beni. ^[4]

Deaths

Jacques Kazadi

• 13 January – André Lufwa, sculptor (b. 1925). ^[5]
• 28 January – Léon Mokuna, football player and manager (b. 1928). ^[6]
• 15 April – Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mweka (b. 1937). ^[7]
• 23 April – Jacques Kazadi, economist, professor, and politician (b. 1936). ^[8]
• 28 May – Celine Fariala Mangaza, disability advocate (b. 1967). ^[9]
• 2 June – Lugi Gizenga, politician (1965 births). ^[10]
• 14 June – Pierre Lumbi, politician (b. 1950). ^[11]
• 21 June – John Bompengo, 52, journalist (Associated Press); COVID-19 ^[12]
• 25 June
  • Emeka Mamale, footballer (b. 1977). ^[13]
  • Kilasu Massamba, footballer (b. 1950). ^[14]
• 29 October – Sindika Dokolo, 48, art collector and businessman. ^[15]
• 1 December – Jean-Pierre Lola Kisanga, 51, politician. ^[16]

See also

• COVID-19 pandemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• 2020 in Middle Africa

References

1. "DR Congo – Hundreds Homeless After Kasai River Floods in Mai-Ndombe Province". floodlist.com. 20 May 2020.
2. KAMALE, JEAN-YVES (12 September 2020). "More than 50 killed at collapsed gold mine in eastern Congo". AP NEWS. Retrieved September 12, 2020.
3. "DR Congo jail break: 'Islamist ADF rebels' free 1,300 inmates". BBC News. October 20, 2020.
4. "At least 25 killed by rebels in eastern Congo; some beheaded". AP NEWS. 1 January 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
5. RDC : le sculpteur André Lufwa est décédé à l’âge de 97 ans (in French)
6. Léon Mokuna s'est étaint à l'âge de 91 ans (in French)
7. RDC: l’oncle du président Tshisekedi, Gérard Mulumba Kalemba, meurt du coronavirus (in French)
8. Jacques Kazadi Nduba wa Dile, par Dr. Godwin R. Murunga (in French)
9. Celine Fariala Mangaza, Congolese Heroine of Disabled People, Dies at 52
10. Mort de Lugi Gizenga : quel avenir politique pour le Palu ? (in French)
11. Top Congolese Opposition Member Dies of COVID-19
12. "Africa's top virus deaths: Cameroon women's football medic dies". Africanews. 13 July 2020. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
13. RDC: décès d’Emeka Mamale (in French)
14. RDC : Champion d'Afrique 1974 et mondialiste la même année, Victor Kilasu Massamba est décédé ce jeudi à Kinshasa (in French)
15. Sindika Dokolo, husband of Africa’s richest woman, Isabel Dos Santos is dead
16. RDC : le sénateur Lola Kisanga est décédé (in French)