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Name: RCD-Goma

Type: Polity

Start: 1999 AD

End: 2003 AD

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Was one of the four groups into which the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD), a rebel group during the Second Congo War (1998-2003), divided during the war.

Establishment


  • April 1999: Due to these differences, the RCD increasingly split into a camp close to Rwanda and a camp close to Uganda under the leadership of dia Wamba; while the Rwanda-affiliated continued to maintain its operations center in Goma, dia Wamba's constituency moved their headquarters to Kisangani in early 1999.
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    1. Congo Conflicts


    Is a series of wars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo that started shortly after its independence from Belgium in 1960. The conflicts, that continue to this day, mainly consist of revolts against the central government caused by local ethnic secessionist movements.

    1.1.Second Congo War

    Was a civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where several rebel groups, some of them with the support of foregin countries, tried to overthrow the central government of Kinshasa led by Laurent-Désiré Kabila, who had become president after the the end of First Congo War in 1997. The conflict ended with the Pretoria Accord (2002) between the major factions of the war.

    1.1.1.Eastern Theatre (Second Congo War)

    Was the theatre of war in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Second Congo War.

  • April 2000: The Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) made another advance to the west in Kasai, where heavy fighting broke out again with Zimbabweans and Namibians. The areas controlled by rebels had reached their greatest extent in March 2000.

  • 1.1.2.Pretoria Accord

    Was a treaty that ended the Second Congo War. It involved the major factions of the conflict, but not all, and in some regions of Congo conflicts continue to this day.

  • June 2003: The Pretoria Accord (" Accord Global et Inclusif") ended the Second Congo War. Rwandan forces withdrew from Congo. On April 7th Kabila was sworn in as interim president, in the following months more and more UN troops arrived in the country. The new government took office on June 30.

  • Disestablishment


  • June 2003: The Pretoria Accord (" Accord Global et Inclusif") ended the Second Congo War. Rwandan forces withdrew from Congo. On April 7th Kabila was sworn in as interim president, in the following months more and more UN troops arrived in the country. The new government took office on June 30.
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