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Second Congo War: Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is assassinated by one of his own bodyguards in Kinshasa.
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Second Congo War
Major war in Africa (1998–2003)
The Second Congo War, also known as Africa's World War or the Great War of Africa, was a major conflict that began on 2 August 1998, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, just over a year after the First Congo War. The war initially erupted when Congolese president…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Country in Central Africa
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply Congo, or more infrequently Zaire is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Laurent-Désiré Kabila
President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1997–2001
Laurent-Désiré Kabila usually known as Laurent Kabila or Kabila the Father, was a Congolese rebel and politician who served as the third president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassination in 2001.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila
2001 murder in Kinshasa, DR Congo
Laurent-Désiré Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was assassinated in his office inside his official residence at the Palais de Marbre, Kinshasa on 16 January 2001. The assassin who killed him was his 18-year-old bodyguard, Rashidi Mizele, who has…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 16
Day of the year
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