Event Kivu conflict

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Was a conflict between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, a rebel Hutu group in eastern Congo.

Chronology

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  • November 2007: Nkunda's CNDP troops capture the town of Nyanzale.
  • December 2007: Nkunda (CNDP) retakes Mushake on December 10, as well as the locality of Karuba.
  • December 2007: A government offensive in early December retakes the locality of Mushake.
  • December 2007: A government offensive in early December retakes the locality of Mushake.
  • October 2008: CNDP Advancement after the Battle of Goma (2008).
  • May 2004: The National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) led by Nkunda declared hostilities with the DRC army in South Kivu and in May 2004 occupied the town of Bukavu.
  • January 2005: The National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) falls back into the forests of Masisi.
  • January 2009: Following a reversal of alliance, the Rwandan and Congolese governments launched a combined military operation on January 22, 2009 leading to the arrest of CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda in Rwanda on the evening of January 22.
  • October 2008: CNDP Advancement after the Battle of Goma (2008).
  • January 2005: After negotiations with the United Nations, Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) forces leave Bukavu.