2011 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The following lists events that happened during 2011 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Events

January

  • January 6 - Médecins Sans Frontières accuses the Democratic Republic of the Congo of not doing enough to prevent war rape after 33 women are raped in Fizi, South Kivu, on New Year's Day.[1]
  • January 19 - An army commander in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is accused of leading a recent mass rape in Fizi of at least 50 women.[2]
  • January 21 - Authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo arrest an army officer over a mass rape of civilians in the east of the country on 1 January.[3]

February

  • February 4 - A new centre to help rape victims in the Democratic Republic of the Congo opens in the eastern city of Bukavu.[4]
  • February 14 - 11 members of a family are found dead in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo after being kidnapped by Ugandan Islamist rebels.[5]
  • February 21 - A court in the Democratic Republic of the Congo sentences an army colonel to 20 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity.[6]
  • February 27 - Six people are killed in a failed coup attempt on the presidential palace in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Women raped in mass attack in Congo, humanitarian group says". 7 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  2. ^ "DR Congo army commander 'led mass rape' in Fizi". 19 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  3. ^ "DR Congo officer Kibibi Mutware held over mass rape". 21 January 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. ^ "New DR Congo centre for rape victims opens". 4 February 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Eleven family members found dead after Congo kidnap". 14 February 2011. Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  6. ^ "Colonel sentenced for DRC mass rape". 21 February 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  7. ^ "Six dead in failed coup attempt - DR Congo". 27 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 March 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2015.