Operation Artemis

Operation Artemis was a short-term European Union-led military mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Congo Crisis

  • Zaire

First Congo War

  • Rwandan Genocide

Second Congo War

  • Lusaka Ceasefire
  • Gbadolite Agreement
  • Sun City Agreement
  • Pretoria Accord
Ituri conflict
Bogoro attack – Artemis
Response
UN 1484
Kivu conflict
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2012

In the beginning of 2003 United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo, or MONUC, observer teams present in that country since 1999 monitored serious combats and human rights violations in Ituri province. In April 2003 eight hundred Ugandan soldiers were deployed in Bunia, the capital of the province. In the same month an observer died in a mine explosion. In May 2003 two military observers were killed by militia.

Read more about Operation Artemis:  Withdrawal, Multi-national Force, France, Operation Launch, Milestone

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