The following lists events that happened during

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

in the

Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in ...

Incumbents

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Joseph Kabila Joseph Kabila Kabange ( , ; born 4 June 1971) is a Congolese politician who served as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo between January 2001 and January 2019. He took office ten days after the assassination of his father, Presi ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Adolphe Muzito Adolphe Muzito (born 12 February 1957"DR Congo presiden ...

Events

The Child Protection Law of 2009 sets the minimum age for full-time work at 18, unless a parent consents. With parental consent, minors 15–18 may work, but no more than four hours a day. Children are barred from carrying heavy objects. This law is widely unenforced. Approximately 42% of children aged 5–14 were affected by child labor or even forced labor

January

January 6: Chief of Staff Bosco Ntaganda takes control of the

National Congress for the Defence of the People The National Congress for the Defence of the People (french: Congrès national pour la défense du peuple, CNDP) is a political armed militia established by Laurent Nkunda in the Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in December 2006 ...

(CNDP) and its founder,

Laurent Nkunda Laurent Nkunda (or Laurent Nkundabatware Mihigo (birth name), or Laurent Nkunda Batware, or as he prefers to be called The Chairman; born February 2, 1967) is a former General in the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and is th ...

, is arrested by the government of

Rwanda Rwanda (; rw, u Rwanda ), officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of Central Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast Africa converge. Located a few degrees south of the Equator ...

. UN peacekeepers report unsettled conditions in Kirolirwe, Masisi, and Kiwanja,

Rutshuru Rutshuru is a town located in the North Kivu province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is headquarters of an administrative district, the Rutshuru Territory. The town lies in the western branch of the Albertine Rift between Lak ...

, due to CNDP, PARECO and various

Mai-Mai The term Mai-Mai or Mayi-Mayi refers to any kind of community-based militia group active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that is formed to defend local communities and territory against other armed groups. Most were formed to resis ...

militias. January 20: The Congolese government allies with the Rwandan government against rebel forces.

February

February 16: The government of the DRC announces an end of the

Ebola epidemic This list of Ebola outbreaks records the known occurrences of Ebola virus disease, a highly infectious and acutely lethal viral disease that has afflicted humans and animals primarily in equatorial Africa. The pathogens responsible for the d ...

in the Mweka and

Luebo Luebo or Lwebo is a town (officially a commune) of Kasai Province in south-central Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is also the seat of the territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to ...

health zones that had been ongoing since February 2008.

December

December 11: The IMF approves a loan of over $500 million to the Congolese government to help combat poverty and other issues plaguing the country. December 22: The Belgian government donates €2 million in relief to help conserve endangered UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the DRC.

References

{{Year in Africa, 2009 2000s in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Years of the 21st century in the Democratic Republic of the Congo