2012 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

none 2012 The following lists events that happened during 2012 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Incumbents President: Joseph Kabila Prime Minister: until 6 March: Adolphe Muzito 6 March-18 April: Louis Alphonse Koyagialo starting 18 April: Augustin Matata Ponyo Events International Monetary Fund suspends loan payments after Congolese government fails to make public the details of a deal involving Gécamines.Marie Chêne Transparency International 11 March 2014 1412 OVERVIEW OF CORRUPTION AND ANTI-CORRUPTION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) http://www.transparency.org/files/content/corruptionqas/Country_Profile_DRC_2014.pdf January January 27 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo's main opposition leader condemns parliamentary elections as rigged and calls for a general strike on Monday in protest at his house arrest.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16757348 Congo poll: Etienne Tshisekedi condemns results 27 January 2012 16 January 2015 February February 12 - A senior aide to the President Joseph Kabila is killed, and the Finance Minister Matata Ponyo Mapon is injured in a plane crash near the town of Bukavu.https://www.reuters.com/article/congo-democratic-crash-minister-idUSL5E8DC3L420120212 Finance minister wounded in Congo plane crash-govt 12 February 2012 16 January 2015 May May 9 - Congolese army finds 25 tons of abandoned weapons on Masisi farm.http://www.congoplanete.com/news/3456/fardc-recuperent-tonnes-armes-ferme-bosco-ntaganda.jsp Congo Planète Les FARDC récupèrent 25 tonnes d'armes dans la ferme de Bosco Ntaganda May 9, 2007 Radio Okapi May 15 - a fact-finding tour by United Nations/NGO personnel of the Masisi found many internal refugees and accounts of robbery, press gangs and forced labor, water supply problems and shortages of medical supplies. Fighters had used school buildings as living quarters and burned desks and other fixtures for heat. Some fifty women had reported a rape, and there were reports of militia members hiding in Virunga National Park, including one Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) fighter said to really be working with insurgents. Unexploded ordnance was an issue, as were the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) affiliations of local Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (FARDC) commander colonel Kabundi, suspected of Mai-Mai sympathies.Rapport de mission conjointe de monitoring Report of the Joint Monitoring Mission http://www.medecins-afrique.org/doc/Rapport_Mission_Eval_Masisi_Kitchanga_mai%202012_Synthese.pdf Medecins Afrique May 2015 French August An artisanal gold mine collapses in Orientale Province, killing approximately 60 miners.https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/220312.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140228010803/http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/220312.pdf dead 2014-02-28 DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: 2013 HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 37 US Department of State November November 21 - M23 militia takes control of town of SakeFrench http://www.therwandan.com/fr/nord-kivu-le-m23-a-pris-le-controle-de-la-cite-de-sake/ Nord-Kivu : le M23 a pris le contrôle de la cité de Sake Nord-Kivu: M23 Militia takes control of the town of Sake Radio Okapi November 21, 2012 References 2012 Category:2010s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Category:Years of the 21st century in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic of the Congo