2018 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Events in the year 2018 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]May
[edit]8 May – The 2018 Équateur province Ebola virus outbreak begins.[1]
July
[edit]24 July – The WHO declares the Équateur province Ebola virus outbreak over.[2]
August
[edit]1 August – Another Ebola virus outbreak was confirmed in Kivu in the eastern region of the country.[3]
December
[edit]23 December – scheduled date for the Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2018
Deaths
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- 30 March – André Bo-Boliko Lokonga, politician (b. 1934).[4]
- 3 July – Barthélemy Mukenge, politician (b. 1925).[5]
- 26 October – Valentin Masengo Mkinda, Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1940).[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "New outbreak of Ebola kills 17 in northwest DR Congo". Yahoo News.
- ^ "Ebola outbreak in DRC ends: WHO calls for international efforts to stop other deadly outbreaks in the country". World Health Organization. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in eastern province". U.S. August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
- ^ "L'ancien premier ministre André Bo-Boliko n'est plus". mediacongo.net (in French). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Nécrologie: Le patriarche Barthélémy Mukenge Shabantu, le premier gouverneur du Kasai occidental après l'indépendance, n'est plus (in French)
- ^ Bishop Valentin Masengo Mkinda
