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