First Congo War
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Was a civil war in Zaire (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo) that culminated in a foreign invasion that replaced Zairean president Mobutu Sese Seko with the rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila.
Chronology
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May 1997: Zaire collapsed in the 1990s, amid the destabilization of the eastern parts of the country in the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide and growing ethnic violence. In 1996, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, the head of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) militia, led a popular rebellion against Mobutu. With rebel forces successfully making gains beyond the east, Mobutu fled the country, leaving Kabila's forces in charge as the country restored its name to the Democratic Republic of the Congo the following year.
Was the military invasion by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (AFDL), an alliance of African states and military groups that ended the regime of Mobutu Sese Soko in Zaire (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo).
February 1997: AFDL conquest of Kalemie.
March 1997: AFDL conquest of Kisangani.
October 1996: AFDL conquest of Bukavu.
November 1996: AFDL conquest of Butembo.
January 1997: AFDL conquest of Watsa.
March 1997: AFDL conquest of Kindu.
April 1997: AFDL conquest of Mbuji-Mayi.
April 1997: AFDL conquest of Lubumbashi.
April 1997: AFDL conquest of Bumba.
May 1997: AFDL conquest of Mbandaka.
May 1997: AFDL conquest of Kinshasa.
May 1997: Line of front based on available maps.
February 1997: AFDL conquest of Isiro.
November 1996: AFDL conquest of Goma.
April 1997: AFDL conquest of Kamina.
December 1996: AFDL conquest of Bunia.
March 1997: AFDL conquest of Kananga.
May 1997: AFDL conquest of Kenge.
October 1996: AFDL conquest of Uvira.
Selected Sources
Der Spiegel 19/1997 p. 146
Der Spiegel 7/1997 p. 128
Der Spiegel 45/1996 p. 167
Johnson, D. (2009): Kongo, Kriege, Korruption und die Kunst des Überlebens, Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Stearns, J. (2012): Dancing in the Glory of Monsters, London (UK)
