Kabila's march to Kinshasa
The First Congo War began in 1996 as Rwanda increasingly expressed concern that Hutu members of Rassemblement Démocratique pour le Rwanda(RDR) militias were carrying out

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On 2 August 1998, the Banyamulenge in Goma erupted into rebellion. Rwanda offered them immediate assistance, and early in August a well-armed rebel group, the Rally for Congolese Democracy

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On 5 April 1999, tensions within the RCD about the dominance of the Banyamulenge reached a boiling point when RCD leader Ernest Wamba dia Wambamoved his base from Goma to Uganda-controlled Kisangani to head a breakaway faction known

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Assassination of Laurent-Désiré Kabila
On 16 January 2001, Laurent-Désiré Kabila was shot and killed at the presidential palace in Kinshasa. The government initially stated that Kabila was wounded but still alive when he was flown to Zimbabwefor

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On 18 July 2003, the Transitional Governmentcame into being as specified in the Global and All-Inclusive Agreement out of the warring parties. The agreement obliges the parties to carry out a plan to reunify the country, disarm and integrate the warring parties and

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Areas of continuing conflict
The fragility of the state has allowed continued violence and human rights abuses in the east. There

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In 2002 Rwanda's situation in the war began to worsen. Many members of the RCD either gave up fighting or decided to join Kabila's government. Moreover, the Banyamulenge, the backbone of Rwanda's militia forces, became increasingly tired of control from

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