Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire

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armed group political-military organization rebel coalition

The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire was a Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed rebel coalition led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila that overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko and seized power in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) in 1997.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire canonical 3
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo 2
Alliance des forces démocratiques pour la libération du Congo-Zaïre 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed group ⓘ
political-military organization ⓘ
rebel coalition ⓘ
activeDuring First Congo War ⓘ
alliedWith Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
alsoKnownAs AFDL ⓘ
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire ⓘ
surface form: Alliance des forces démocratiques pour la libération du Congo-Zaïre
conflict First Congo War ⓘ
countryOfOperation Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Zaire
dissolvedIn 1997 ⓘ
ethnicDimension Tutsi-backed movement ⓘ
formedBy Laurent-Désiré Kabila ⓘ
Rwandan Patriotic Front ⓘ
surface form: Rwandan Patriotic Army

Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces ⓘ
surface form: Ugandan People’s Defence Force
formedIn 1996 ⓘ
goal end Zairian dictatorship ⓘ
overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko ⓘ
headquartersDuringWar Goma ⓘ
ideology anti-Mobutuism ⓘ
revolutionary nationalism ⓘ
installedAsPresident Laurent-Désiré Kabila ⓘ
involvedIn regionalization of Great Lakes conflict ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila ⓘ
militaryWing AFDL armed forces ⓘ
operatedInRegion Eastern Zaire ⓘ
Kivu ⓘ
Shaba ⓘ
opposedBy Forces Armées Zaïroises ⓘ
Interahamwe militias ⓘ
opposedTo Mobutu Sese Seko ⓘ
overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko ⓘ
Laurent-Désiré Kabila ⓘ
surface form: Zairian government of Mobutu Sese Seko
partOf Great Lakes refugee crisis context ⓘ
resultedIn renaming of Zaire to Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
seizedPowerIn Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Zaire
seizedPowerOn 1997 ⓘ
succeededBy Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo

Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
surface form: Government of Laurent-Désiré Kabila
supportedBy Rwanda ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ
usedTerritoryOf Burundi ⓘ
Rwanda ⓘ
Uganda ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Congo War → belligerent → Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire ⓘ
Laurent-Désiré Kabila → movement → Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire ⓘ
Laurent-Désiré Kabila → founded → Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire ⓘ
Laurent-Désiré Kabila → opponent → Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Movement for the Liberation of the Congo
Mobutu Sese Seko → overthrownBy → Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire → succeededBy → Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo
Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire → alsoKnownAs → Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alliance des forces démocratiques pour la libération du Congo-Zaïre