Whether by shuffling agency personnel, creating new agencies, or limiting their capacity for oversight, a common tactic among ...

The war erupting in the Democratic Republic of Congo has its roots in the Rwandan genocide and the bloodiest war of the 21st ...

Discover how Minister Angie Motshekga sheds light on the SANDF’s mission in the DRC, revealing the historical significance ...

1996-1997: Rwanda invaded Zaire and backed the rebellion that eventually led to the overthrow of the country’s longtime kleptocratic leader, Mobutu Sese Seko. An opposition leader, Laurent ...

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The past three years have been turbulent for the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a region that has experienced ...

Between 1996 and 2003 Rwanda and other regional powers fought over the spoils left by the dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko, who misruled Congo, which he renamed Zaire, from 1965 until 1997.

DR Congo's long-time leader Mobutu Sese Seko oversaw their construction in the 1970s and 1980s, but by the end of the century, both dams were dilapidated due to a lack of funding for their ...

when a Rwanda and Uganda-backed alliance overthrew the ageing autocrat Mobutu Sese Seko. "Our objective is neither Goma nor Bukavu but Kinshasa, the source of all the problems," he told Reuters in ...

In 1997, he was part of the Rwanda-backed forces who ended up seizing power in DR Congo, ousting long-serving ruler Mobutu Sese Seko. In his place they installed veteran Congolese rebel leader ...