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2018 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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2018
in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Decades:
See also:Other events of 2018
History of the DRC

Events in the year 2018 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Incumbents

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Events

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May

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8 May – The 2018 Équateur province Ebola virus outbreak begins.[1]

July

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24 July – The WHO declares the Équateur province Ebola virus outbreak over.[2]

August

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1 August – Another Ebola virus outbreak was confirmed in Kivu in the eastern region of the country.[3]

December

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23 December – scheduled date for the Democratic Republic of the Congo general election, 2018

Deaths

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André Bo-Boliko Lokonga

References

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  1. ^ "New outbreak of Ebola kills 17 in northwest DR Congo". Yahoo News.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Congo declares new Ebola outbreak in eastern province". U.S. August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. ^ "L'ancien premier ministre André Bo-Boliko n'est plus". mediacongo.net (in French). 30 March 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  5. ^ Nécrologie: Le patriarche Barthélémy Mukenge Shabantu, le premier gouverneur du Kasai occidental après l'indépendance, n'est plus (in French)
  6. ^ Bishop Valentin Masengo Mkinda