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| 1999, Aug. 31 |
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| After the signing of a weak peace accord by the six involved nations, fighting increased in the Democratic Republic of the Congo war and conflict erupted between Rwanda and Uganda on Congolese soil. The Rwandan-Ugandan violence lasted until July 19, 2000 (See Aug. 31). | 1 |
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| 2000 |
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| Early in the year, the UN increased its commitment to seeking peace in the Congo civil war. Seven UN Security Council members visited the area in May and met with leaders from the nations involved, gaining a rough peace agreement by the end of the month. After his substantial resistance to UN occupation just a few weeks earlier, Pres. Kabila accepted an agreement for 5,500 UN peacekeeping troops to begin monitoring the area on Aug. 24. | 2 |
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| Sept. 22–25 |
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| The Angolan government won a substantial set of victories over the rebel forces of Jonas Savimbi's UNITA rebels. Taking military bases back from the valuable diamond-mining areas of Lunda Norte and Lunda Sul, Angolan troops severely limited Savimbi's ability to continue funding his army. | 3 |
| West Central Africa, country by country, from 1960: | 4 |
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