Chronology of Key Events in DRC

Xinhua News Agency | April 3, 2002 | Copyright

Six countries involved in the civilwar in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are due to hold a summit here on Wednesday to discuss issues hampering the smooth implementation of the 1999 Lusaka ceasefire agreement.

Here is a chronology of key events in the vast central African country.

1200s -- Rise of Kongo empire, centered in modern northern Angola and including extreme western Congo and territories round lakes Kisale and Upemba in central Katanga (now Shaba).

1482 -- Portuguese navigator Diogo Cao becomes the first European to visit the Congo; Portuguese set up ties with the king of ...

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