July 1994
Goma Refugee Emergency
Former Rwandan soldiers and militia also enter eastern Zaire.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Eastern Zaire in Zaire. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Former Rwandan soldiers and militia also enter eastern Zaire.
Allows vast refugee camps to form after the Rwandan genocide.
Regional security deteriorates along the Rwanda-Zaire border.
Faces mounting pressure over militarized Rwandan refugee camps.
Leads the ADFL rebellion against Mobutu.
Rwanda and Uganda provide major military support.
Provenance
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