The Congo Wars: History and Causes of Its Bloody Massacres
Written by Kelly Mass
Narrated by Digital Voice Marcus G
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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.
This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. In the tumultuous era of the First Congo War (1996–1997), often dubbed Africa's First World War, the heart of the conflict beat within the borders of what was then Zaire, now known as the Democratic Republic of Congo. This civil war spilled over into neighboring Sudan and Uganda, culminating in a foreign invasion that ousted Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko, paving the way for the rise of rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila.
However, the aftermath of Mobutu's downfall sowed the seeds for the Second Congo War, an extended period of conflict that persisted from 1998 to 2003.
The backdrop to this tumultuous chapter was Zaire's descent into a vortex of internal strife, autocracy, and economic decay by 1996. The Rwandan genocide had ripples that destabilized the eastern regions, compounding longstanding regional tensions lingering from the Congo Crisis.
Governance was reduced to mere fragments in many areas, with militias, warlords, and rebel factions assuming control. The populace, weary of inefficiency and corruption, grew increasingly discontent with the crumbling leadership. Mobutu's terminal illness rendered him incapable of quelling internal factions, and the conclusion of the Cold War weakened his anti-communist stance, stripping away Western support.
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