Democratic Republic of Congo
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The Democratic Republic of Congo was formerly known as the Republic of Zaïre until 1997. It has a small coastline on the Atlantic in the east, and stretches to the capital Kinshasa on the Congo river, and westwards into the interior. Achieved an abrupt independence from Belgium in 1960, under Patrice Lumumba as Prime Minister. External intervention and regionalism destabilised Lumumba, who was murdered in 1961. With CIA encouragement, Col Mobutu seized power in 1965, retaining it until 1997, after two decades of gross corruption and economic decline culminating in the collapse of the state, a bogus 'democratisation' process, and the armed seizure of power by Laurent Kabila. Kabila himself now faces an armed revolt, supported by his former regional backers, Rwanda and Uganda. |
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 | Organisation: MPR Abbreviation of Mouvement Populaire Révolutionaire. |
| Political Party: AFDL Abbreviation of Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaïre. |
| Published in the Journal | |
| Congo/Ex-Zaïre: Through the Looking Glass Briefing by Carole J L Collins from Vol.25 No.75 of the Review of African Political Economy (March 1998: pp112-123) |
| The Congo is Back! Briefing by Carole J L Collins from Vol.24 No.72 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1997: pp277-286) |
| International Commercial Rivalries and the Zaïrian Copper Nationalisation of 1967 Article by David Gibbs from Vol.24 No.72 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1997: pp171-184) |
| Zaïre, South Africa: Moving Forward? Editorial by Chris Allen from Vol.24 No.72 of the Review of African Political Economy (June 1997: pp165-170) |
| External Collusion with Kleptocracy: Can Zaïre Recapture its Stolen Wealth? Article by Steve Askin and Carole Collins from Vol.20 No.57 of the Review of African Political Economy (July 1993: pp72-85) |
| Primary Health Care in Zaïre Briefing by Brook Grundfest Schoepf from Vol.13 No.36 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1986: pp54-58) |
| Zaïrean Detainee Note from Vol.8 No.22 of the Review of African Political Economy (Winter 1981: p41) |
| The Transformations of the Petty Bourgeoisie and the State in Post-Colonial Zaïre Article by Jacques Depelchin from Vol.8 No.22 of the Review of African Political Economy (Winter 1981: pp20-41) |
| Rape of Sovereignty: OTRAG in Zaïre Article by Charles Kallu Kalamiya from Vol.6 No.14 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1979: pp16-35) |
| Neo-colonialism and Military Rule: Ghana, Zaïre and Liberia Editorial from Vol.6 No.14 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1979: pp1-2) |
| Deep Seabed Mining: Implications for Zaïre and Zambia Briefing by Richard Payne from Vol.5 No.12 of the Review of African Political Economy (Summer 1978: pp98-104) |
| Mobutu and the Class Struggle in Zaïre Briefing by B Muhuni from Vol.3 No.5 of the Review of African Political Economy (Spring 1976: pp94-98) |
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