| 5,554,924 |
1.56667 |
30.25 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Fighting began between FARDC soldiers and FRPI militiamen in the village of Aveba, and spread to other villages in the chiefdom of Walendu Bindi (in Ituri), including Tchekele, Kaswara and Bavi. Thousands of people were displaced during the fighting. |
| 5,554,929 |
1.21317 |
30.08565 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Fighting began between FARDC soldiers and FRPI militiamen in the village of Aveba, and spread to other villages in the chiefdom of Walendu Bindi (in Ituri), including Tchekele, Kaswara and Bavi. Thousands of people were displaced during the fighting. In Aveba, UN helicopters assisted the Congolese forces, and at least 14 FRPI and 6 FARDC soldiers were reported dead in Aveba. |
| 5,554,934 |
-2.5 |
28.86667 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
A peaceful march by the opposition parties (UDPS, UNC, UDEMO, Labour Party) was undertaken to express their rejection of the electoral law. |
| 5,554,938 |
4.14713 |
22.48236 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
LRA rebels kidnapped 13 people from Bili total, including 10 women in one attack and 7 men in another, but 4 of the men managed to escape. |
| 5,554,942 |
1.33724 |
28.10785 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Two Mai Mai Simba militia men were killed in clashes with the armed forces of the DRC at Penge, a mining quarry located over 119 km from Mambasa territory. A dozen others were injured. |
| 5,554,948 |
-1.69333 |
29.23389 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Clashes occur between demonstrators, who threw stones, and the police during protests against the proposed electoral law. The crowd also attacked two MONUSCO peacekeepers, injuring one. Some demonstrators were wounded and others arrested alongside opposition political leaders, including Rubens Mikindo, federal leader of the Union for Social Progress and Democracy [UDPS] in the east; Christian Badose, Ecide party's spokesman; Leon Tembo, Federal Chairman of the Union for the Congolese Nation [UNC] in the east and Jean Baptiste Kasekwa, Ecide party's executive secretary in eastern DRCongo. |
| 5,554,952 |
-4.325 |
15.32222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Police fired tear gas and live bullets at crowds protesters that gathered in the streets of Kinshasa. Tyres were set on fire, and the crowd threw stones at police. Between 19th and 21st January 2015, Human Rights Watch report that 36 people were killed in these protests in Kinshasa. The government denies this, estimating 27 killed in total, including 4 in Goma. |
| 5,554,955 |
-2.5 |
28.8667 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Protests against the proposed electoral law took place in Bukavu on 19th January 2015. |
| 5,554,959 |
-4.325 |
15.32222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
A 22-year-old man was wounded when police tried to break up a demonstration near the parliament building. Eslewhere, Police open fire to disperse a gathering of students near to the university. Two youths reported injured by gunfire. |
| 5,591,437 |
6.61528 |
44.34056 |
Ethiopia |
|
ONLF attacks Ethiopian soldiers |
