Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-318) and index. Originally published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Contents:
Introduction -- A region in turmoil -- The 'war of liberation' -- Massacre of the Rwandan refugees -- The fall of the Mobutist state -- Congo: waiting for another war -- Impasse in Rwanda and Burundi -- 'The first African world war' -- Negotiating the transition -- Conclusion.
Summary:
This book examines a decade-long period of instability, violence and state decay in Central Africa from 1996, when the war started, to 2006, when elections formally ended the political transition in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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