Tutsi rebels capture eastern Zaire
Tutsi rebels capture the capital, Kinshasa. Zaire is renamed The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Laurent-Desire Kabila is elected president.
Rebels backed by Rwanda and Uganda advance into Kinshasa and rise against president Kabila and take over The Democratic Republic of the Congo.
President Laurent Kabila is shot dead by a bodyguard. Son Joseph Kabila takes over as president.
2.5 million have died since 1998.
Rwanda and the DRC sign a peace deal and Rwanda withdrawals their troops.
Uganda and the DRC sign a peace deal and Uganda withdrawals their troops.
A new constitution is made.
Uganda warn that their troops may re-enter the DRC.
A new constitution is made and a new flag is adopted.
Congolese army troops clash with Rwandan Hutu militias with whom they were allied with in the easter Congo. This left thousands displaced.
FIghts erupt in the east of the country between army troops and the rebels
Rebel forces capture a major army base.
Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC launch assault on Ugandan Lord's Resistance Army bases in the north-east DRC. Hundreds of civilians are killed in attacks.
Hutu militia re-emerge after the end of the DRC-Rwanda campaign, causing thousands to flee.
Operation against Uganda ADF-NALU rebels causes 90,000 to flee in North Kivu.
Mass rapes are reported in North Kivu.
M23 troops briefly enter Goma.
Representatives of 11 African countries sign a document in Ethiopia pledging to help end the conflict in the DRC.
M23 founder Bosco Ntaganda surrenders to the US embassy in Rwanda and is transferred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to face war-crimes charges.
3,000-member UN Intervention Brigade deployed to fight and disarm rebels in the east.
M23 rebel group declares an end to its 20-month rebellion.
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