Editing 2002 (section)

===December===
*[[December 2]] – Opponents of President Chavez begin [[2002–2003 Venezuelan general strike|a strike]] in Venezuela.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bellos |first=Alex |last2= |first2= |date=2002-12-28 |title=Strikes force oil-exporting Venezuela to import fuel |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/dec/28/venezuela.alexbellos |access-date=2024-10-09 |work=[[The Guardian]] |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[December 3]] – The government of Burundi signs a ceasefire with the [[CNDD-FDD]] rebel group to end the [[Burundian Civil War]]. It holds until February 2003.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Burundi: Civilians Pay the Price of Faltering Peace Process |url=https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/africa/burundi/burundi0203.htm |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Human Rights Watch}}</ref>
*[[December 17]]
**A peace agreement is made in the [[Second Congo War]], approving the creation of the [[Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo]].<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|pages=100–101}}
**The International Court of Justice rules in favor of Malaysia in the [[Ligitan and Sipadan dispute]] with Indonesia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary of the Judgment of 17 December 2002 |url=https://www.icj-cij.org/node/103907 |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=International Court of Justice}}</ref>
*[[December 27]]
**[[2002 Grozny truck bombing]]: Chechen suicide bombers attack the government headquarters in [[Grozny]], Russia, killing over 70 people.<ref name=":1" />
**[[2002 Kenyan general election]]: Kenya holds its first free elections, ousting the dominant [[Kenya African National Union]] Party following a victory of the [[National Rainbow Coalition]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Anderson |first=David M. |date=2003 |title=Briefing: Kenya's Elections 2002: The Dawning of a New Era? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3518682 |journal=African Affairs |volume=102 |issue=407 |pages=331–342 |doi=10.1093/afraf/adg007 |jstor=3518682 |issn=0001-9909 |access-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-date=December 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221212003207/https://www.jstor.org/stable/3518682 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*[[December 29]] – [[Shenzhou 4]] is launched from China.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Shenzhou 4 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraft/display.action?id=2002-061A |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=National Aeronautics and Space Administration}}</ref>
*[[December 31]] – The [[United Nations Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina]] ends.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UNMIBH: United Nations Mission in Bosnia Herzegovina - Background |url=https://peacekeeping.un.org/ru/mission/past/unmibh/background.html |access-date=2024-10-10 |website=Bosnia and Herzegovina - UNMIBH |publisher=United Nations Department of Public Information}}</ref>