2018 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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

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See also:	Other events of 2018 History of the DRC

Incumbents

• President: Joseph Kabila
• Prime Minister: Bruno Tshibala

Events

May

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

July

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

August

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

December

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

Deaths

André Bo-Boliko Lokonga

• 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

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