This is part 4 of a 6 part series on the History of Congo from the 1991 evacuation when President Mobutu’s government was faltering and the expatriots evacuated, through Laurent Kabila’s rebellion to overthrow the government in 1997. During this time, the country experiences political turmoil, multiple governments, out of control inflation, genocide of Hutu people living in Zaire, and another evacuation in 1996 due to the rebellion and genocide in eastern Zaire. Ultimately, Laurent Kabila and his rebel group succeeds in taking over the country, not without the loss of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives. And ultimately, President Mobutu was sent into exile and dies.
Paul Noren shares of his evacuation in 1996 as well as several examples of the hyper inflation. A Congolese friend shares his thoughts on Laurent Kabila’s rebel march from eastern Zaire to Kinshasa, the capital and the horrible destruction. And Pete Ekstrand shares of his efforts to help the local church during these tumultous times of evacuation, political and economic unrest so that the mission’s ministries could continue.
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