CODECO
Also known as Coopérative pour le développement du Congo, Congo Economic Development Cooperative, Cooperative for Development of the Congo
CODECO () is a loose association of various Lendu militia groups operating within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name is an abbreviation of the group's lesser-known full name, the Cooperative for Development of the Congo, sometimes also styled the Congo Economic Development Cooperative.
Key facts
- War faction.name
- Cooperative for the Development of the Congo
- War faction.native_name
- Coopérative pour le développement du Congo
- War faction.native_name_lang
- fr
- War faction.war
- Ituri conflict
- War faction.image
- File:Djugu, Ituri, PHOTO DU JOUR DU MARDI 1 MARS 2022.jpg
- War faction.caption
- Truck burnt by a CODECO attack on 1 March 2022.
- War faction.active
- 1970s–1999 (As agricultural cooperative)1999–present (As coalition of rebel militias)
- War faction.ideology
- Lendu interests
- War faction.clans
- (Lendu)
- War faction.headquarters
- Ituri Province, D.R. Congo
- War faction.area
- Ituri Province, D.R. Congo
- War faction.size
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Background
- Religious elements
- History
- Foundation
- First Ituri War
- Return as armed group
- 2019 disarmament talks
- 2020 campaign, splits and ceasefire
- Factions and splinters
- References
CODECO () is a loose association of various Lendu militia groups operating within the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The name is an abbreviation of the group's lesser-known full name, the Cooperative for Development of the Congo, sometimes also styled the Congo Economic Development Cooperative.
The group was once a peaceful agricultural cooperative, before eventually transforming into an armed rebel movement. The movement was reorganized under different leaders several times, becoming looser and less cohesive as time went on. Several of the militias that claim CODECO affiliation stand accused of massacres and war crimes by United Nations officials. Today it is described variously as an armed political-religious sect, an association of Lendu militias or a political-military sect.