Draft:Capture of Lubumbashi

Capture of Lubumbashi
Date	April 9, 1997
Location	Lubumbashi, Zaïre
Territorial; changes	Congo
Commanders and leaders
	Peneloa Molanda
Units involved
21st brigade of the Special Presidential Division, Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo	People's Liberation Army of Congo Rwanda Defence Force, Katangese Tigers, Zambian Defence Force

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Instructions · What links here · Capture of Lubumbashi (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 36 days ago by Beatrizsborges (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

The capture of Lubumbashi took place in April 1997, during the First Congo War in southern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo). The rebels of the Alliance des forces démocratiques pour la libération du Congo (AFDL) took the city of Lubumbashi from the Zairean armed forces (FAZ) loyal to President Mobutu Sese Seko.

The city, capital of the mining province of Katanga, was targeted by rebels following their conquest of eastern Zaire. Supported by their Rwandan allies, AFDL troops were joined by Katangese exiles from Angola. Airlifted to Zambia, the rebels overran the city's defenses and put the demoralized FAZ to flight. The capture of the city strengthened the legitimacy of Laurent-Désiré Kabila, leader of the AFDL, in his victorious advance until the capture of Kinshasa on May 17, 1997.^[1]^[2]

^ "Zaire rebels take Lubumbashi - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 1997-04-10. Retrieved 2024-05-13.
^ "CNN - Capture of Zaire's capital complete - May 18, 1997". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.

[1] "Zaire rebels take Lubumbashi - Democratic Republic of the Congo | ReliefWeb". reliefweb.int. 1997-04-10. Retrieved 2024-05-13.

[2] "CNN - Capture of Zaire's capital complete - May 18, 1997". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2024-05-13.

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