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Wamba dia Wamba, Ernest

background

and end of Rwandan–Uganda alliance

as RCD leader, ousted from RCD

as victim of own idealism

forms, fails with, new Kisangani rebellion

War of Liberation

Winter, Philip

World Bank

Yav Nawej

Youth militias

of Banyamulenge

Congolese recruits trained by AFDL

Interahamwe, Impuzamugambi

of L. Kabila

Zahidi Ngoma

Zahidi Ngoma, Arthur

Zaire, Republic of (1971–1997)

in Cold War, West provides military aid, training

increasing hostilities to Tutsi

under Mobutu, falls to Kabila

Zairian army of Mobutu

balkanized, weakened

commanders as corrupt

competent officers executed by Mobutu

massacre Banyamulenge

with mercenaries, fails to defend Kisangani

rarely receive salaries

reasons for losing first Congo war

sell weapons to Rwandan army

terrorizes locals while fleeing Rwandans

Zimbabwe

backs Rwandans’ overthrow of Mobutu

supports L. Kabila (second Congo war)

drops L. Kabila (2000)

Zvinavashe, Vitalis

Jason K. Stearns
has worked on the conflict in the Congo for the past ten years, most recently as the head of a special United Nations panel investigating Congolese rebel groups. He first traveled to the Congo in 2001 to work for a local human rights group in the border town of Bukavu, which was then at the epicenter of the war. He later worked for the United Nations peacekeeping operation and as a senior analyst for the International Crisis Group. His journalism and opinion pieces have appeared in the
Economist
,
Africa Confidential
, the
Washington Post
, the
Wall Street Journal
, and the
Financial Times
. He is also a regular guest on the BBC, Radio France International, NPR, and CNN. He writes the blog “Congo Siasa” and is completing a PhD at Yale University.

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1. Congo (Democratic Republic)—History—1997- 2. Political violence—Congo (Democratic Republic) 3. Ethnic conflict—Congo (Democratic Republic) 4. War and society—Congo (Democratic Republic) 5. Genocide—Congo (Democratic Republic) 6. Massacres—Congo (Democratic Republic) I. Title.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - THE LEGACY OF GENOCIDE