Joseph-Desire MobutuMay 1978
Requests foreign military assistance after FNLC forces seize Kolwezi during the Second Shaba War.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Warfare / Civil War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Requests foreign military assistance after FNLC forces seize Kolwezi during the Second Shaba War.
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