Operation Kitona was a Rwandan/Ugandan offensive that marked the beginning of the Second Congo War. Rwanda hoped to depose Laurent-Désiré Kabila and install a government more …

The Second Congo War, [a] also known as Africa's World War[9] or the Great War of Africa, was a major conflict that began on 2 August 1998 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), …

the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In the 1990s, that country had experienced the direct effects of genocide in neighbouring Rwanda and two ravaging civil wars, the second of which …

Operation Kitona was a Rwandan/Ugandan offensive that marked the beginning of the Second Congo War. Rwanda hoped to depose Laurent-Désiré Kabila and install a government more …

Congo River basin to seize Kitona Airfield near the Atlantic coast and then threaten the capital of Kinshasa. The “Kitona Operation” was an extremely risky but potentially strategically decisive …

After four years the modern mission began to employ attack helicopters, though no fighter jets or bombers, to deal with the Congo’s “wild east”, especially the Kivu provinces bordering Rwanda …

2013年11月19日 · Recounted is the Rwandan attempt to topple the government of Laurent Kabila through an operation that saw a redeployment of some of best Rwandan units from Kigali and …

Great Lakes Conflagration is the second in two volumes covering military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) at the turn from the 21st century. This volume explores …

2022年10月6日 · The most common role of the SAS through the Second Congo War was as long range observation teams. They would clandestinely be inserted, or infiltrate, deep into enemy …

2024年9月20日 · Named the deadliest war in modern African history, the Second Congo War has directly involved nine African countries, as well as approximately 20 separate armed groups. …