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Response to First Shaba Invasion

Name: Response to First Shaba Invasion – Democratic Republic of the Congo factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

Democratic Republic of the Congo · Government / Government of the Congo. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1977Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1977

Joseph-Desire Mobutu Mobutu Sese SekoMarch 1977

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Mobutu requests foreign military assistance after insurgents enter Shaba Province.

Names involved

Joseph-Desire Mobutu Mobutu Sese Seko

Provenance

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