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Background
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The course of the war
19 related topics
Formation
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Overview
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Key facts & relationships
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- Active regions
- Zaire
- Dates active
- 18 October 1996 – 17 May 1997 (211 days)
- Ideology
- Anti-Mobutism Anti-Hutu Militarism Centralization Authoritarianism
- Leaders
- Laurent-Désiré Kabila André Kisase Ngandu Anselme Masasu Nindaga [sv] Déogratias Bugera [sv]
- Wars
- the First Congo War
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Overview
- French French language
- Rwanda
- Uganda
- Burundian Burundi
- Congolese Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Military campaign
- Mobutu Sese Seko
- Laurent-Désiré Kabila
- First Congo War
- Second Congo War
- Human rights violations
- Extrajudicial executions Extrajudicial killing
- Unarmed civilians Non-combatant
- Refugees Refugee
- Arbitrary detentions Arbitrary arrest and detention
- Torture
- Sexual violence Sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Amnesty International
- International community
- United Nations Secretary-General Secretary-General of the United Nations
- International humanitarian law
- Genocide
- UN Security Council United Nations Security Council
Background
- Zaire
- Rwandan genocide
- Rwandan Patriotic Front
- Paul Kagame
- Juvénal Habyarimana
- Hutu
- Rwandan Armed Forces
- Interahamwe
- North North Kivu
- South Kivu
- Rwandan Patriotic Army
- Refugee camps Refugee camp
- Mass killings Mass killing
- UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- Robert Gersony
- Kabare Territory
- Burundian Armed Forces Burundi National Defence Force
- Tutsi
- Banyamulenge
- Filip Reyntjens
- Itombwe Mountains
- Uvira Territory
- Runingu
- Mwenga Territory
- Rega Lega people
- Bembe Bembe people
- Kidoti Kidote
- Lemera Hospital
- Killing thirty-seven people Lemera massacre
- Zairean Armed Forces
Formation
- Kigali
- The Washington Post
- Party of the People's Revolution
- André Kisase Ngandu
- Marxist Marxism
- Jean-Claude Willame
- International diplomacy
- Swahili
- East African East Africa
- Power-sharing Power sharing
- Katanga Katanga Province
The course of the war
- Uganda People's Defence Force
- Ituri Ituri Province
- Uvira
- Bukavu
- Goma
- Walikale Territory
- Shabunda Territory
- United Nations
- Humanitarian organizations Aid agency
- Massacres Massacre
- Forced displacements Forced displacement
- Massacres of Hutu refugees Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War
- Mai-Mai
- Beni Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Bunia
- Jacques Nziza
- Rutshuru
- Virunga National Park
- Kinshasa
Bibliography
- Oxford University Press
- ISBN ISBN (identifier)
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Nodes91
Edges90
Triples92
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021978
Components1
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AFDL
Top relations
related to Formation · 59
AFDL → ADP, Alliance, Alliance Démocratique, Alongside Rwanda, André Kisase Ngandu, Angola, Anselme Masasu Nindaga, Bugera, Burundi, CNRD, Congo, Congo-Zaire, Congo-Zaïre, Conseil National, Democracy, Democratic Alliance, Democratic Forces, Douglas, Démocratie, Déogratias
related to The course of the war · 28
AFDL → African, Aid, Amnesty International, Bukavu, Burundian, FAB, Goma, Hutu, Ituri, North, North Kivu, On, Reports, RPA, Rwanda, Rwandan, Shabunda Territory, South Kivu, The, These
Active regions · 1
AFDL → Zaire
Dates active · 1
AFDL → 18 October 1996 – 17 May 1997 (211 days)
Ideology · 1
AFDL → Anti-Mobutism Anti-Hutu Militarism Centralization Authoritarianism
Leaders · 1
AFDL → Laurent-Désiré Kabila André Kisase Ngandu Anselme Masasu Nindaga [sv] Déogratias Bugera [sv]
Wars · 1
AFDL → the First Congo War
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Important terminology
kabila forces zaire rwandan congo military alliance refugees ngandu war 1997 political democratic armed rpa civilians mobutu banyamulenge president rwanda
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFDL | Active regions | Zaire | 1.00 | infobox |
| AFDL | Dates active | 18 October 1996 – 17 May 1997 (211 days) | 1.00 | infobox |
| AFDL | Ideology | Anti-Mobutism Anti-Hutu Militarism Centralization Authoritarianism | 1.00 | infobox |
| AFDL | Leaders | Laurent-Désiré Kabila André Kisase Ngandu Anselme Masasu Nindaga [sv] Déogratias Bugera [sv] | 1.00 | infobox |
| AFDL | Wars | the First Congo War | 1.00 | infobox |
| AFDL | related to Formation | The Alliance | 0.60 | section |
| AFDL | related to Formation | Democratic Forces | 0.60 | section |
| AFDL | related to Formation | Liberation | 0.60 | section |
| AFDL | related to Formation | Congo-Zaire | 0.60 | section |
| AFDL | related to Formation | Alliance | 0.60 | section |
| AFDL | related to Formation | Forces Démocratiques | 0.60 | section |
| AFDL | related to Formation | Libération | 0.60 | section |
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