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MID#4393
Dispute Number: 4393
Date(s): September 10, 2007 to March 13, 2008
Participants: 490 Democratic Republic of the Congo/516 Burundi
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Missing)
Fatalities: None
Narrative: Burundi seized six Congolese soldiers who had attacked Burundi fisher-
man on Lake Tanganyika.
490 Democratic Republic of the Congo/517 Rwanda
MID#4122
Dispute Number: 4122
Date(s): September 22, 1996 to May 17, 1997
Participants: 490 Democratic Republic of the Congo/517 Rwanda
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (None)
Fatalities: 251–500 deaths
Narrative: Rwanda involved itself in the Zairean civil war, first with exchanges of
artillery and support for rebels which was then followed by troop invasion. Rwandan
troops fought along rebel forces for some time.
MID#4339
Dispute Number: 4339
Date(s): August 2, 1998 to June 3, 2001
Participants: 483 Chad, 490 Democratic Republic of the Congo, 540 Angola, 552
Zimbabwe, 565 Namibia/500 Uganda, 517 Rwanda
Outcome (and Settlement): Unclear (Negotiated)
Fatalities: >999 deaths
Narrative: The Second Congo War followed a little more than one year after the First
Congo War when Congolese President Kabila reversed course and rescinded military
aid from Rwanda and Uganda. This allowed Hutu armies in eastern Congo to regroup,
prompting both Rwanda and Uganda to invade. A prolonged conflict followed with
Angola, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, backing Congolese government forces against rebel
groups and Rwandan and Ugandan military.
Coding changes: Start Date changed from August 1998. Settlement changed from
None.
MID#4347
Dispute Number: 4347
Date(s): January 25, 2002 to July 31, 2002
Participants: 517 Rwanda/490 Democratic Republic of the Congo