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The following lists events that happened during 2013 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Events

January

January 3 - The March 23 Movement in the Democratic Republic of Congo announces that peace talks will only commence if President Joseph Kabila's government signs a ceasefire.^[1]
January 8 - The March 23 Movement announce a unilateral ceasefire ahead of peace talks with the government.^[2]

February

February 24 - Eleven African nations including all the members of the African Great Lakes region sign a United Nations brokered peace deal for the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[3]

March

March 4 - A Fokker 50 operated by Compagnie Africaine d'Aviation crashes in poor weather at Goma. Nine people were in the aircraft, a crew of five and four passengers and at least three people survived the accident.^[4]
Mai-Mai Kata Katanga unrest in Lubumbashi.

May

May 15 - A rebel attack on army positions in Beni leaves at least 31 people dead, including 23 Mai Mai and three FARDC troops.^[5]
May 23 - Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, visits the Democratic Republic of the Congo as fighting continues near the eastern city of Goma.^[6]

August

August 23 - UN troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo launch an offensive, shelling positions held by rebels near the eastern city of Goma.^[7]
August 30 - M23 rebel chief says fighters to withdraw from frontline of fighting in country's east, as violence spikes.^[8]

References

^ "Congo rebels demand government sign ceasefire for talks". 3 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "DR Congo's M23 rebels declare unilateral ceasefire". 8 January 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "DR Congo: African leaders sign peace deal". 24 February 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
^ "Deadly plane crash in DR Congo's Goma". 4 March 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "At least 31 killed as army, Mai Mai rebels clash in east Congo". 15 May 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "DR Congo: M23 rebels declare truce for Ban Ki-moon visit". 23 May 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2015.
^ "UN troops in DR Congo shell M23 rebels near Goma". 23 August 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ "DR Congo rebels announce troop withdrawal". 31 August 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

v t e Years in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Congo Free State	1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908
Belgian Congo	1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Republic of Congo	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
Zaire	1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
DR Congo	1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland
Dependencies, colonies and other territories	Ascension Island Mayotte Réunion Saint Helena Tristan da Cunha Western Sahara

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