Shaba II conflict
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The Shaba II conflict was a 1978 armed invasion and brief war in Zaire’s mineral-rich Shaba (Katanga) province, involving Katangan rebels, the Zairian government, and foreign intervention, particularly by France and Belgium.
All labels observed (1)
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| Shaba II conflict canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12665935 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaba II conflict Context triple: [Forces Armées Zaïroises, conflict, Shaba II conflict]
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A.
Shaba I conflict
The Shaba I conflict was a 1977 armed invasion of Zaire’s Shaba (Katanga) province by exiled Katangan rebels that prompted a major international military intervention to support President Mobutu’s regime.
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B.
Ifni–Sahara War
The Ifni–Sahara War was a brief late-1950s conflict in which Spain fought Moroccan-backed insurgents over its colonial possessions of Ifni and parts of the Spanish Sahara in Northwest Africa.
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C.
War of Attrition
The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
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D.
Ogaden conflict
The Ogaden conflict is a long-running insurgency and counterinsurgency in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, primarily involving ethnic Somali separatists seeking self-determination and the Ethiopian state.
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E.
Saudi–Rashidi conflict
The Saudi–Rashidi conflict was a series of late 19th- and early 20th-century wars in the Arabian Peninsula between the House of Saud and the rival Rashidi dynasty that ultimately paved the way for the unification of Saudi Arabia under Ibn Saud.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Shaba II conflict Target entity description: The Shaba II conflict was a 1978 armed invasion and brief war in Zaire’s mineral-rich Shaba (Katanga) province, involving Katangan rebels, the Zairian government, and foreign intervention, particularly by France and Belgium.
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A.
Shaba I conflict
The Shaba I conflict was a 1977 armed invasion of Zaire’s Shaba (Katanga) province by exiled Katangan rebels that prompted a major international military intervention to support President Mobutu’s regime.
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B.
Ifni–Sahara War
The Ifni–Sahara War was a brief late-1950s conflict in which Spain fought Moroccan-backed insurgents over its colonial possessions of Ifni and parts of the Spanish Sahara in Northwest Africa.
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C.
War of Attrition
The War of Attrition was a protracted conflict between Egypt and Israel from 1967 to 1970, marked by sustained artillery duels, air battles, and commando raids along the Suez Canal following the Six-Day War.
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D.
Ogaden conflict
The Ogaden conflict is a long-running insurgency and counterinsurgency in Ethiopia’s Somali Region, primarily involving ethnic Somali separatists seeking self-determination and the Ethiopian state.
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E.
Saudi–Rashidi conflict
The Saudi–Rashidi conflict was a series of late 19th- and early 20th-century wars in the Arabian Peninsula between the House of Saud and the rival Rashidi dynasty that ultimately paved the way for the unification of Saudi Arabia under Ibn Saud.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.