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Response to Second Shaba Invasion

Name: Response to Second 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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1978Date range

1Named people

1Places

Chronological records

1978

Joseph-Desire Mobutu Mobutu Sese Seko13 May 1978

Kinshasa · Government / Government of the Congo

Mobutu again seeks foreign intervention after rebels seize Kolwezi.

Names involved

Joseph-Desire Mobutu Mobutu Sese Seko

Provenance

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