2001_in_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo Knowpia

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See also:	Other events of 2001; History of the DRC

The following events took place in 2001 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Incumbents edit

16 January – President Laurent-Desire Kabila is shot and killed by a bodyguard.^[1]
17 January – His son Joseph Kabila becomes interim President.^[1]

26 April – Six members of the International Red Cross were killed in the Ituri Province.^[2]

The government met with rebel group leaders for talks on ending the Second Congo War.^[3]

^ ^a ^b 2001: DR Congo President Kabila shot. BBC. 16 January 2001.
^ Six ICRC staff killed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. ICRC. Published 30 June 2001.
^ ^a ^b Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa). Freedom House.