CNDP

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The National Congress for the Defence of the People was an armed militia established by Laurent Nkunda in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Establishment

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.

Chronology

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1. Congo Conflicts

Is a series of wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that started shortly after its independence from Belgium in 1960. The conflicts, that continue to this day, mainly consist of revolts against the central government caused by local ethnic secessionist movements.

1.1.Kivu conflict

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.

January 2005: After negotiations with the United Nations, Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) forces leave Bukavu.

January 2005: The National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP) falls back into the forests of Masisi.

November 2007: Nkunda's CNDP troops capture the town of Nyanzale.

December 2007: A government offensive in early December retakes the locality of Mushake.

December 2007: Nkunda (CNDP) retakes Mushake on December 10, as well as the locality of Karuba.

October 2008: CNDP Advancement after the Battle of Goma (2008).

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.