Eastern Zaire

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conflict zone historical region

Eastern Zaire was the conflict-ridden eastern region of the former Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), known in the 1990s for intense rebel activity, cross-border interventions, and humanitarian crises.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf conflict zone ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
afterEvent renaming of Zaire to Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1997 ⓘ
borderedBy Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType complex regional conflict ⓘ
contains Bukavu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Goma NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ituri region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kisangani NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maniema NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Kivu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Orientale Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
South Kivu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uvira NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Zaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
experienced First Congo War NERFINISHED ⓘ
Second Congo War NERFINISHED ⓘ
cholera outbreaks in refugee camps ⓘ
mass displacement of civilians ⓘ
spillover of the Rwandan genocide ⓘ
governedBy Mobutu Sese Seko NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature Albertine Rift NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Kivu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lake Tanganyika NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNaturalResource coltan deposits ⓘ
gold deposits ⓘ
tin ore ⓘ
humanitarianIssue food insecurity ⓘ
internally displaced persons ⓘ
refugee crisis ⓘ
involvedActor Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burundian armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
Forces armées zaïroises NERFINISHED ⓘ
Interahamwe militias NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rwandan Patriotic Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ugandan armed forces NERFINISHED ⓘ
ex-FAR (Rwandan Armed Forces) NERFINISHED ⓘ
various Mai-Mai militias ⓘ
knownFor cross-border interventions ⓘ
ethnic violence ⓘ
humanitarian crises ⓘ
presence of armed groups ⓘ
rebel activity in the 1990s ⓘ
refugee camps after the Rwandan genocide ⓘ
locatedIn African Great Lakes region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Central Africa ⓘ
partOf Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Zaire NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 1990s ⓘ

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Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire → operatedInRegion → Eastern Zaire ⓘ