2008 Nord-Kivu campaign

Herausgegeben:Miller, Frederic P.; Vandome, Agnes F.; McBrewster, John

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 2008 Nord-Kivu campaign was an ongoing armed conflict in the eastern Nord-Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The upsurge of violence in the Kivu conflict saw heavy battles between the Democratic Republic of Congo's army, supported by the United Nations, and Tutsi militia under General Laurent Nkunda. The fighting, which began on October 25, uprooted 250,000 civilians bringing the total of people displaced by the Kivu conflict to more than 2 million. The campaign caused widespread civil unrest, large food shortages and what the United Nations called a humanitarian crisis of catastrophic dimensions. After a week, a ceasefire was ordered by rebel forces amongst civil and military unrest in Goma. The rebel capture of all territory around Goma created a very fragile atmosphere of peace, caused enormous political damage, and called to question the efficacy of the peacekeepers stationed there. After a short cease-fire ordered by rebel general Nkunda, fighting broke out on November 17, after which a second ceasefire was called into effect on November 19.

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• Verlag: Alphascript Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9786130775605
• ISBN-10: 6130775601
• Artikelnr.: 29024210