Mozambican and Rwandan troops launch counteroffensive, taking back many towns and cities
12Many Mai-Mai militias in eastern Zaire initially allied themselves with Rwanda and the AFDL against Hutu militants and refugees.[16] As soon as most Hutu were driven away, however, many Mai-Mai groups turned against Rwanda and the AFDL.[17] Despite this, some anti-Hutu Mai-Mai remained allied with Rwanda and the AFDL.[18]
↑The SPLM-IO accused JEM of supporting Kiir's government since 2013, though JEM has denied any involvement and claims to maintain neutrality in the South Sudanese Civil War.[26] The Sudanese government,[27] aid workers[26] and other sources[28] have however affirmed that JEM is taking part in conflict on the side of the South Sudanese government.[29]
↑The Cobra Faction openly opposed the government until 2014, and remained in relative opposition until 2015, when it divided into a pro-government and pro-SPLM-IO faction, the latter of which formed the Greater Pibor Forces. In early 2016, the Cobra Faction effectively disbanded, when the remaining group joined the government.[37][38][39] In September 2016, however, the Cobra Faction was declared restored by some of its commanders and declared that it had resumed its struggle against the government.[40]
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↑Crowder, edited by Michall (1984). The Cambridge history of Africa: volume 8, from c. 1940 to c. 1975 (Repr. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN0521224098.
12Duke, Lynne (15 April 1997). "Passive Protest Stops Zaire's Capital Cold". The Washington Post. p.A14. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Kabila's forces – which are indeed backed by Rwanda, Angola, Uganda and Burundi, diplomats say – are slowly advancing toward the capital from the eastern half of the country, where they have captured all the regions that produce Zaire's diamonds, gold, copper and cobalt.
12"Consensual Democracy" in Post-genocide Rwanda. International Crisis Group. 2001. p.8. In that first struggle in the Congo, Rwanda, allied with Uganda, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Burundi, had brought Laurent Désiré Kabila to power in Kinshasa
↑Toïngar, Ésaïe (2014). Idriss Deby and the Darfur Conflict. p.119. In 1996, President Mobutu of Zaire requested that mercenaries be sent from Chad to help defend his government from rebel forces led by Lauren Desiré Kabila. ... When a number of the troops were ambushed by Kabila and killed in defense of Mobutu's government, Mobutu paid Déby a fee in honor of their service.
↑Duke, Lynne (20 May 1997). "Congo Begins Process of Rebuilding Nation". The Washington Post. p.A10. Archived from the original on 24 February 2011. Guerrillas of Angola's former rebel movement UNITA, long supported by Mobutu in an unsuccessful war against Angola's government, also fought for Mobutu against Kabila's forces.
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