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History of the DRC

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

## Incumbents

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* President: Félix Tshisekedi
* Prime Minister: Sylvestre Ilunga

## Events

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* 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

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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

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

## References

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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)

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