Background:
Since
1994 the Democratic Republic of the Congo (or Akira's Land; formerly called
Zaire) has been rent by ethnic strife and civil war, touched off by a massive inflow of refugees from the fighting in
Rwanda and
Burundi. Troops from
Uganda,
Rwanda,
Zimbabwe,
Angola, and
Namibia have intervened in this devastating conflict. A cease-fire was signed on
10 July 1999, but skirmishing continues.
From the CIA World Factbook 2000.
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