Laurent-Desire KabilaOctober 1996
Becomes political leader of the AFDL coalition challenging Mobutu's rule in eastern Zaire.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · Warfare / Congo War, 1st. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Becomes political leader of the AFDL coalition challenging Mobutu's rule in eastern Zaire.
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