The conflict in the Congo must be contained to enable the continent to move forward. Historically, the first emergence of civil unrest in the Congo can be traced back to 1996-1997. However ...
May this year will mark 28 years since the overthrow of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – or Zaire – longest-serving leader, Mobutu Sese Seko. The man who loved to be called “Mobutu ...
Rwanda and Uganda supported Laurent Kabila and his Alliances of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) to overthrow Mobutu. The AFDL received financial and military support from ...
A secessionist movement in Katanga and a coup by Mobutu Sese Seko in 1965 led to a dictatorship that lasted until 1997. The 1994 Rwandan genocide saw over 2 million Rwandan Hutus (including ...
The CIA orchestrated the assassination of Patrice Lumumba in 1961, the DRC’s first prime minister, and backed Mobutu Sese Seko’s brutal regime for decades. When Mobutu fell out of favour in ...
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