Shaba I
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Was a conflict in Zaire's Shaba (Katanga) Province. The conflict began when the Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC) crossed the border into Shaba from Angola.
Chronology
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March 1977: The FNLC progressed into Katanga. In the battle in Kasaji, the FAZ killed 15 of the FNLC soldiers and lost 4 of its own.
March 1977: On March 25, the Front for the National Liberation of the Congo abandoned Mutshatsha.
April 1977: The pro-government alliance of Zaire recaptured Mutshatsha.
May 1977: The government of Zaire announced that Dilolo had been captured. It said that 100 rebels were killed in simultaneous attacks at Kapanga and Sandoa. The war was declared over.
March 1977: The Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC), a group of about 2,000 Katangan Congolese soldiers who were veterans of the Congo Crisis, the Angolan War of Independence, and the Angolan Civil War, crossed the border into Shaba from Angola.
