Africa’s World War: The Forgotten Tragedy of the Congo (1998–2003)

The Second Congo War, often called Africa’s World War, remains the deadliest conflict since World War II — yet it is one of the least remembered in global history. From 1998 to 2003, nine nations and over a hundred armed groups fought on Congolese soil. The war claimed millions of lives, not only through battles, but through famine, disease, and mass displacement.

In this full-length documentary, we uncover the story of how colonial borders, genocide in Rwanda, foreign interventions, and the greed for Congo’s vast mineral wealth turned Central Africa into the stage of a continental war.

🔎 Inside this video:

The fall of Mobutu and the rise of Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Rwanda and Uganda’s intervention and the birth of new rebel groups

Operation Kitona and the near-collapse of Kinshasa

Africa’s entangled alliances: Angola, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Sudan, Chad, Libya

The human cost: child soldiers, refugee crises, and civilian massacres

The fragile peace accords and Joseph Kabila’s rise after his father’s assassination

Why the world forgot Africa’s Great War

This is not only a story of armies and battles, but of ordinary people caught in a struggle that reshaped a nation and scarred a continent.

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