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OverviewDemocratic Republic of Congo Crises. Congo War, Congo massacre When Laurent Kabila's Alliance des Forces Democratiques pour la Liberation du Congo (AFDL) seized Kinshasa in May 1997, it filled in the political vacuum three decades of Mobutu rule had left. Mobutu's predatory state had started crumbling at the pace of the ever worsening economic recession that struck the Congo in the seventies. The dictator's power resided in his presidency being a receptacle for the wealth yielded by the nation, and a patrimonial system of redistribution was used to buy the political, military and commercial elites' loyalty to the regime. Finally, as the economic recession worsened, and still dragging along the collapse of the formal economy, the glue that kept the system together dried up. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Louis RwagasorePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781535434027ISBN 10: 1535434023 Pages: 164 Publication Date: 22 July 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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