Not to be confused with the Alliance of Democratic Forces, a political party in Ivory Coast, or Allied Democratic Forces, a militia group active in Uganda and the Congo.
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Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo
Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre
Leaders
Laurent-Désiré Kabila André Kisase Ngandu Anselme Masasu Nindaga Déogratias Bugera
Dates of operation
October 1996 – 17 May 1997
Motives
Overthrow Mobutu Sese Seko and establish a democratic state
Active regions
Zaire
Allies
Uganda Rwanda Burundi Eritrea[1]
Opponents
Zaire UNITA ALiR
Succeeded by the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFLC; French: Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre), also known by the French acronym AFDL, was a coalition of Rwandan, Ugandan, Burundian, and Congolese dissidents, disgruntled minority groups, and nations that toppled Mobutu Sese Seko and brought Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power in the First Congo War. Although the group was successful in overthrowing Mobutu, the alliance fell apart after Kabila did not agree to be dictated by his foreign backers, Rwanda and Uganda, which marked the beginning of the Second Congo War in 1998.[2]
^Plaut (2016), pp. 54–55.
^"AFDL AND HUTU GENOCIDE". Hutu Genocide. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
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a leader of one of the three main rebel groups that founded the AFDL. While the AFDL was an ostensibly Zairian rebel movement, Rwanda had played a key...
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the head of the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) militia, led a popular rebellion against Mobutu. With rebel forces making...
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Park. However, AFDL and RPA troops had blocked the road to Goma, complicating the refugees' escape routes. On October 31, 1996, AFDL and RPA soldiers...
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as the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (AFDL), proclaimed victory the next day. On 23 May 1997, Zaire was renamed the...
against Zaire, with both countries being instrumental in the setting up of the AFDL and committing troops to the war. The two nations joined forces again at...
perpetrated by the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) at Lemera Hospital, a medical facility in the small town of Lemera, about...
into the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of the Congo (AFDL), led by Laurent-Desire Kabila. The United States covertly supported Rwanda...
against Hutu refugees. The true extent of the abuses is unknown because the AFDL and RPF carefully managed NGO and press access to areas where atrocities...
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Zaire
Uganda
Rwanda
Burundi
Eritrea[1]
UNITA