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This 4 page paper looks at DROC, its history and current situation. The problems that persist in the region are discussed. Rwanda is highlighted. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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civil war since 1997 ("Congo," 2003). This was a situation that was set off by a massive inflow of refugees from Rwanda and Burundi beginning in 1994 (2003). The
government of former president Mobutu Sese Seko had been done away with through a rebellion led by Laurent Kabila in May of 1997 (2003). What actually occurred was that the
new, Tutsi-dominated government in Rwanda had been afraid that genocidaires would regroup and return to finish the job, so when Seko--Zaires dictator--gave them problems, Rwanda engineered a rebellion
to topple him ("Africas," 2002). His regime had been challenged by a Rwanda and Uganda-backed rebellion in 1998 ("Congo," 2003). Troops from various nations such as Zimbabwe, Angola,
Namibia, and Chad, as well as the Sudan, intervened to support the Kinshasa regime (2003). A cease-fire had been signed on July 10, 1999 by the DROC, Zimbabwe, Angola, Uganda,
Namibia, Rwanda, as well as the Congolese armed rebel groups (2003). However, the fighting continued (2003). The Rwandans would install a guerrilla leader and alcoholic by the name of
Laurent Kabila as they thought he would do their bidding ("Africas," 2002). Rather, he rearmed the genocidaires and so Rwanda tried to topple him as well with the help
of Uganda and Burundi (2002). Kabila was saved by other states and even rebels from neighboring nations were pointing to Congos lawless forests as a basis from which to
launch cross-border raids (2002). The failure of the Kabila government to curb the rebels prompted Rwanda, Uganda and Angola to enter the war (2002). Zimbabwe even sent troops, even though
they do not share a border with the struggling country (2002). But the war would reach a stalemate and the miscellany of armies settled down to the serious business of
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