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AFRICAN THE STAKES OF THE CDNGD WAR * EDITED BY JDHN F. CLARK The African Stakes of the Congo War This page intentionally left blank The African Stakes of the Congo War EDITED BY }OHN F. CLARK * THE AFRJCAN STAKES OF THE CONGO WAR Copyright © John F. Clark, 2002. Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover 1s t edition 2002 978-0-312-29550-9 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotat10ns embodied in critica! arttdes or reviews. First published 2002 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN'" 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y 10010 and Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England RG21 6XS Companies and representatives throughout the world PALGRAVE MACMILLAN is the global academic imprint ofthe Palgrave Macmillan division of St. Martin's Press, LLC and of Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. Macmillan® is a registered trademark in the United States, United Kingdom and other countnes. Palgrave is a reg1stered trademark in the European Union and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-38802-8 ISBN 978-1-4039-8244-5 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781403982445 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The African Stakes of the Congo War / edited by John F. Clark. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Congo(Democratic Rcpublic)~I-Iistory~1997- 2. Politica! violence~Congo (Democratic Republic) 3- Congo (Democratic Republic)~History~1960-1997- I. Clark, John Frank. DT658.26 A36 2002 9675103'3--dc21 2002024196 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Design by Letra Libre, Inc First edition· September 2002 1098765432 For my undergraduate profossors at Georgia Southern University, especially Zia Hashmi and Hew ]oiner. This page intentionally left blank CONTENTS List of Acronyms lX Maps of Congo (D RC) and Africa Xl Priface xiii r. Introduction: Causes and Consequences of the Congo War john F. clark PARTI THE CONGO WAR IN CONTEXT 2. Contextualizing Congo Conflicts: Order and Disorder in Postcolonial Africa 13 Crawford Young 3- Historicity of a Crisis: The Origins of the Congo War 33 jermaine O. McCalpin PART Il THE POST-MOBUTU R.EGIMES IN CONGO AND THEIR SUPPORTERS 4- A Survival Guide to Kinshasa: lessons of the Father, Passed Down to the Son 53 Kevin C. Dunn s. Angola's Role in the Congo War 75 Thomas Turner 6. A Political and Military Review of Zimbabwe's Involvement in the Second Congo War 93 Martin R. Rupiya PART III THE CONTESTANTS OF THE KABILA REGIMES 7- Congo's Rebels: Their Origins, Motivations, and Strategies 109 Osita Ajoaku 8. The Complex Reasons for Rwanda's Engagement in Congo 129 Timothy Longman 9· Museveni's Adventure in the Congo War: Uganda's Vietnam? 145 john F. clark PART IV AMBIVALENT STATES, EARLY 0UTCOMES, AND NONSTATE PHENOMENA 10. The Impossible Neutrality? South Africa's Policy in the Congo War 169 Chris Landsberg II. Arms Proliferation and the Congo War 185 Augusta Muchai 12. The Economic Impact of the Congo War 201 Mungbalemwe Koyame andjohn F. Clark 13- The Politics of Refugees and lnternally Displaced Persons in the Congo War 225 ]ude Murison Notes on the Contributors 239 Index 243 List of Acronyms ADF Allied Democratic Forces (Uganda) ADFL Alliance des Forces Democratiques pour la liberation du Congo~ Zaire (Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo~ Zaire) ANC African National Congress (South Africa) ANC Armee Nationale Congolaise BBC British Broadcasting Corporation CAR Central African Republic COMESA Common Market for East and Southern African States CNN Cahle News Network DFA Department of Foreign Affairs (South Africa) DRC Democratic Republic of Congo DTI Department ofTrade and Industry (South Africa) ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States FAR Forces Armees Rwandaises (Rwandan Armed Forces) FAC Forces Armees Congolaises ( Congolese Armed Forces) (since 1997) FAZ Forces Armees Za1roises (Zairian Armed Forces) (under Mobutu) FDD Front pour la Defense de la Democratie (Burundi) FIS Front Islamique de Salut (Islamic Salvation Front) (Algeria) FLC Front de Liberation du Congo (Congolese Liberation Front) FLN Front de Liberation Nationale (National Liberation Front) (Algeria) FLEC Front for the Liberation of the Enclave of Cabinda (Congo~ Brazzaville) FLS Front Line States FRELIMO Frente de Libertac;ao de Mozambique (Liberation Front of Mozambique) HCR Haute Conseil de la Republique (High Council of the Republic) (Zaire) IFis International Financial Institutions (World Bank and Interna~ tional Monetary Fund) IMF International Monetary Fund ISDSC lnter-State Defence and Security Committee (Zimbabwe) JMC Joint Military Council (of Lusaka Agreement) LRA Lord's Resistance Army (Uganda) MIBA Miniere de Bakwanga (Bakwanga Mines)
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