MLC

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MLC is a Congolese political party and former rebel group that played a major role in the Second Congo War and subsequent politics of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
rebel group
activeDuringConflict Second Congo War
alliedWithDuringWar Rwanda
Uganda
chairperson Jean-Pierre Bemba
controlledTerritoryAlong Congo River
country Democratic Republic of the Congo
countryOfOperation Democratic Republic of the Congo
demobilized post-2003 transitional period
foundedIn 1998
founder Jean-Pierre Bemba
fullName Mouvement de Libération du Congo
fullNameInEnglish Movement for the Liberation of the Congo
hasWing armed wing during the Second Congo War
headquartersLocation Kinshasa
ideology centrist politics
liberalism
languageOfName French
leader Jean-Pierre Bemba
leaderAcquittedOnAppeal Jean-Pierre Bemba
leaderChargedWith crimes against humanity
war crimes
notableFor influence in post-war Congolese politics
major role in the Second Congo War
notableLeaderOnTrialAt International Criminal Court
operatedIn northern Democratic Republic of the Congo
operationalStatus active political party
opposedToDuringWar Joseph Kabila government
Laurent-Désiré Kabila government
participatedIn 2006 Congolese general election
2011 Congolese general election
Inter-Congolese Dialogue
participatesIn multiparty politics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
politicalPosition centre
regionOfInfluence Équateur Province
representedIn National Assembly of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Senate of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
roleInConflict major rebel movement in the Second Congo War
shortName MLC
signed Sun City peace agreements
transformedInto political party after the Second Congo War
transitionedFrom rebel movement
transitionedTo legal political party
typeOfOrganization armed political movement
usesAbbreviation MLC

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