What the records say
- When
- 2 Aug 1998 – 18 Jul 2003
- Kind
- Civil war
- Deaths
- 5,400,000
- Coordinates
- 2.50° S, 25.00° E
- Type
- Civil war (with major foreign intervention)
- Region
- Africa
- Cities
- Kinshasa, Kisangani, Goma
- Side a
- DRC government (+ Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia)
- Side b
- Rwandan/Ugandan-backed rebel factions
- Alliances
- DRC government (+ Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia), Rwandan/Ugandan-backed rebel factions
Placed approximately by the source.
Second Congo War
1998–2003 war in central Africa
The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War or the Great War of Africa, was a major conflict that began on 2 August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), just over a year after the First Congo War. The war initially erupted when Congolese president Laurent-Désiré Kabila turned against his former allies from Rwanda and Uganda, who had helped him seize power.
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- Global Wars & Armed Conflicts, 1914–2026Kaggle compilationNo licence stated
- Wikidata: wars and rebellionsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
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