What happened in second Congo war?
The war officially ended in July 2003, when the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo took power. By 2008, the war and its aftermath had caused 5.4 million deaths, principally through disease and starvation, making the Second Congo War the deadliest conflict worldwide since World War II.
When did the second Congo war end?
August 2, 1998 – July 18, 2003
Second Congo War/Periods
Who won the Congo war?
First Congo War
| Date | 24 October 1996 – 16 May 1997 (6 months, 3 weeks and 1 day) |
|---|---|
| Result | Decisive AFDL victory Overthrow of the Mobutu regime Zaire renamed back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo Installation of Laurent-Désiré Kabila as president Beginning of Second Congo War |
Where was the second Congo war fought?
Democratic Republic of the Congo
NamibiaZimbabweAngolaChad
Second Congo War/Locations
Where did the Second Congo War take place?
The Second Congo War was a conflict that took place largely in the territory of Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire). The war began in 1998 and officially ended in 2003 when a Transitional Government took power. The widest interstate war in modern African history, it directly involved nine African nations,
How many pygmy were killed in the Second Congo War?
At the end of 2002 through January 2003 around 60,000 Pygmy civilians and 10,000 combatants were killed in an extermination campaign known as “Effacer le tableau” by the Movement for the Liberation of Congo. Human Rights Activist have made demands for the massacre to be recognized as a genocide.
Why did the Congo War start in 1998?
Tensions reached new heights on 14 July 1998, when Kabila dismissed his Rwandan chief of staff, James Kabare, and replaced him with a native Congolese. Apparently Kabila felt that he had solidified his Congolese political base enough to put some distance between himself and the nations who had put him into power.
Who was the Prime Minister of the Second Congo War?
Talks were proposed in late March, and on April 2, a new Prime Minister was installed: Etienne Tshisekedi, a long time rival of Mobutu. Kabila, by this point in rough control of one quarter of the country, dismissed this as irrelevant, and warned Tshisekedi that he would have no part in a new government if he accepted the post.
