Federation Of American Scientists Military Network Congo Civil War

Download or read book Federation of American Scientists: Military Network: Congo Civil War written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) provides an overview of the civil war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which started in 1998 and ended with the signing of the Lusaka peace agreement on August 21, 1999. The FAS discusses the role that the rebel organization Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) played in the war and outlines the ethnic conflicts between the Hutus and the Tutsis. Zimbabwe, Angola, Namibia, Uganda, and Rwanda provided military support to various groups involved in the civil war. The FAS provides the information as part of the Military Analysis Network.