First Congo War

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African war armed conflict civil war war

The First Congo War was a 1996–1997 conflict in Central Africa that overthrew Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko and brought Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power, marking the beginning of prolonged regional instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
First Congo War canonical	16
First Congo War (1996–1997)	1
Uganda (early First Congo War)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	African war ⓘ armed conflict ⓘ civil war ⓘ war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Congo War ⓘ surface form: First Congo War (1996–1997)
belligerent	Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire ⓘ Angola ⓘ Burundi ⓘ Forces Armées Zaïroises ⓘ Mobutu Sese Seko loyalist forces ⓘ Rwanda ⓘ Uganda ⓘ Congolese Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Zairean Armed Forces
cause	presence of Rwandan Hutu militias in eastern Zaire ⓘ regional security concerns of Rwanda and Uganda ⓘ weakening of Mobutu Sese Seko regime ⓘ
commander	Laurent-Désiré Kabila ⓘ Mobutu Sese Seko ⓘ Paul Kagame ⓘ Yoweri Museveni ⓘ
conflictType	interstate and internal conflict ⓘ
country	Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ surface form: Zaire
endDate	1997-05-16 ⓘ
endedWith	Laurent-Désiré Kabila becoming president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
followedBy	Second Congo War ⓘ
impact	destabilization of the Great Lakes region of Africa ⓘ large-scale human rights abuses ⓘ mass displacement of civilians ⓘ
locatedIn	Central Africa ⓘ Great Lakes Region of Africa ⓘ surface form: Great Lakes region of Africa
partOf	Second Congo War ⓘ surface form: Congo Wars
precededBy	Burundian Civil War ⓘ Rwandan Civil War ⓘ 1994 Rwandan genocide ⓘ surface form: Rwandan genocide
primaryTheater	Ituri Province ⓘ surface form: eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo Ituri Province ⓘ surface form: eastern Zaire
result	accession of Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power ⓘ beginning of prolonged regional instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ end of the state of Zaire ⓘ overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko ⓘ renaming of Zaire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ withdrawal of Rwandan Hutu refugee camps from eastern Zaire ⓘ
significantEvent	capture of Kisangani ⓘ fall of Kinshasa ⓘ fall of Lubumbashi ⓘ flight of Mobutu Sese Seko into exile ⓘ
startDate	1996-10-24 ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo → hasConflictHistory → First Congo War ⓘ

Second Congo War → precededBy → First Congo War ⓘ

First Congo War → alsoKnownAs → First Congo War ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Congo War (1996–1997)

Kivu → timePeriodOfMajorConflict → First Congo War ⓘ

1994 Rwandan genocide → hasConsequence → First Congo War ⓘ

Africa’s World War → precededBy → First Congo War ⓘ

Interahamwe militias → involvedIn → First Congo War ⓘ

Mai-Mai militias → conflict → First Congo War ⓘ

Laurent-Désiré Kabila → participatedIn → First Congo War ⓘ

Laurent-Désiré Kabila → alliedWith → First Congo War ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uganda (early First Congo War)

Kivu conflict → relatedTo → First Congo War ⓘ

Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire → activeDuring → First Congo War ⓘ

Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire → conflict → First Congo War ⓘ

Goma → hasConflictHistory → First Congo War ⓘ

Rwandan Civil War → relatedEvent → First Congo War ⓘ

Rwandan Civil War → successorConflict → First Congo War ⓘ

Forces Armées Zaïroises → conflict → First Congo War ⓘ

Burundian Civil War → relatedConflict → First Congo War ⓘ