First Congo War (1996–1997)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/First_Congo_War_(1996–1997)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:war
gptkbp:casualties	tens of thousands killed
gptkbp:cause	Rwandan Genocide aftermath refugee crisis in eastern Zaire collapse of Zairean state
gptkbp:combatant	gptkb:Angola gptkb:Burundi gptkb:Rwanda gptkb:Sudan gptkb:Uganda gptkb:Alliance_of_Democratic_Forces_for_the_Liberation_of_Congo_(AFDL) gptkb:Mobutu_Sese_Seko_loyalists gptkb:Zairean_Armed_Forces_(FAZ)
gptkbp:conflict	gptkb:Rwandan_Genocide gptkb:Second_Congo_War Great African War
gptkbp:dateOfCaptureOfKinshasa	May 17, 1997
gptkbp:dateOfMobutuFlight	May 16, 1997
gptkbp:endDate	1997
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Second_Congo_War
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	First Congo War (1996–1997)
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Mobutu_Sese_Seko gptkb:Laurent-Désiré_Kabila
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo Zaire
gptkbp:notableParticipant	gptkb:United_Nations_(observer) gptkb:Joseph_Kabila gptkb:Forces_Armées_Zaïroises gptkb:Mai-Mai_militias gptkb:Jean-Pierre_Bemba gptkb:Hutu_militias gptkb:Interahamwe Paul Kagame Denis Sassou Nguesso Yoweri Museveni Pascal Lissouba André Kisase Ngandu
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Rwandan_Civil_War
gptkbp:previousCountryName	Zaire
gptkbp:renamedCountry	gptkb:Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo
gptkbp:result	overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko establishment of Laurent-Désiré Kabila's government
gptkbp:significantEvent	renaming of Zaire to Democratic Republic of the Congo capture of Kinshasa flight of Mobutu Sese Seko
gptkbp:startDate	1996
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:First_Republic_of_Zaire
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6