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dc.contributor.authorMakara, Sabiti
dc.coverage.spatialRwandaen_GB
dc.coverage.spatialUgandaen_GB
dc.coverage.spatialDemocratic Republic of Congoen_GB
dc.coverage.spatialAfricaen_GB
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-24T15:41:21Z
dc.date.available2014-10-24T15:41:21Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/4913
dc.description.abstractAt the time Rwanda and Uganda helped President Laurent Kabila come to power in the DRC (then Zaire) in May 1997, any critical observer would have anticipated that Uganda and Rwanda had become formidable allies. And no one, at that time doubted that a big regional force of these two allies had emerged, which force was strong enough to reckon with. It seems, it is the realisation of the existence of this force that prompted the Southern African allies, namely Zimbabwe, Namibia, Angola and others to join the war v the DRC on the side of Kabila. In the minds of the Southern Africa allies, the alliance between Uganda and Rwanda was poised to play a dominant role in the DRC- the third largest country on the African continent, rich in minerals and natural resources and geographically (and strategically) centred in the heart of the Africa.en_GB
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/en_GB
dc.subjectPolitics and Poweren_GB
dc.subjectSecurity and Conflicten_GB
dc.titleMaking sense of the Uganda-Rwanda armed conflict in the Democractic Republic of Congo (DRC)en_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.rights.holderMakerere Universityen_GB


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