Congo+Zaire+War+(1998)

Congo, Zaire War Where: -The (DCR) - DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO -In Central Africa known as Zaire, to the north, it is bordered by the Central African Republic. -Capital state, Kinshasa Facts: It called the "Afican World War" begin in 1998-2008 It the Second Congo War New government rename the country to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

Who: -President Mobutu Sese Seko, a decades-long dicator. -Rebel leader Laurent-Desire Kabila -Mobutu came to power in Kinshasa in 1965 and enjoyed support from the United States during the Cold War. -Most of the fighting is taking place in the North and South kivu. -population is 71,712,867 Male 767,119 Female 1,066,437 President Mobutu Sese Seko Of 1997 President Joseph Kabila Of 2010

<span style="color: #8d1111; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">Conflicts: <span style="color: #8d1111; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">-Conflicts over basic rescources water, access, control over rich minerals, as well was various political agendas. <span style="color: #8d1111; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">-Causing physical and psychilogical damage to civilians and creating human rights violations on a mass scale. <span style="color: #8d1111; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">-Rape is being used as a weapon of war. <span style="color: #8d1111; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">-The vast majority have actually died from non-violent diseases while during the conflict. <span style="color: #8d1111; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">-Forced labor, sexual expoitation <span style="color: #8d1111; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">-In the first of aug 1998, two brigades of the new Congolese army rebelled against the government and formed rebel groups that worked cloely with Kigali and Kampala. This marked the beginning of the second congo war.

Questions. Did the USA help out Congo? Where is the most of the fighting taken place? What are some conflicts?. Citations. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, [Congo War] (en, wikipedia. org/ wiki/ first_ congo war) The democractic republic of Congo- global issues ([|www.globalissuee.org/article/67/the] democratic) The world factbook congo. Democratic Republic of the ([|Http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/] the world -factbook/ goes/cg.html