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Crisis of government, ethnic schisms, civil war, and regional destabilization of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From: World Affairs  |  Date: 6/22/2002  |  Author: Orogun, Paul S.

In this article, I examine the internal and external factors that precipitated the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). I also analyze the effects of post-cold war international politics on the regionalization, ethnicization, and militarism of internal socioeconomic and politico-cultural tensions in the Great Lakes region. A review of the immediate triggers of the conflict and a discussion of the nature and evolution of the persistent internal rebellion will provide ...

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