What the records say
- When
- 2013 – 2020
- Kind
- Armed conflict
- Deaths
- 208
- Coordinates
- 8.94° S, 27.38° E
- Incompatibility
- territory
- Type of conflict
- internationalized intrastate
- Territory name
- Katanga
- Region
- Africa
- Location
- DR Congo (Zaire)
- Side a
- Government of DR Congo (Zaire)
Placed at the middle of its 48 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).
Katanga insurgency
Ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
The Katanga insurgency is an ongoing rebellion by a number of rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, some of which aim for the creation of a separate state within Katanga. While the insurgency has been active in various forms since 1963, insurgent groups have recently redoubled their efforts after the 2011 jail break that freed Gédéon Kyungu Mutanga, who commanded the majority of the Katangese separati…
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The source
- UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0