African and American Connivance in Congo-Zaire.

Kabila's power takeover has been interpreted by political analysts as orchestrated by African countries fighting rebel groups using the Zairian territory as a basis for action. This regime change has also been presented as a victory of the United States over France for the control of the central African region.

This article will demonstrate that this power-shift was a combination of African countries, intervention on the ground and the action of the US diplomacy in the international scene. The African engagement is even stronger in the second Congolese civil war, but has not ...

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