What started the congo war?
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The First Congo War was a conflict from late 1996 to 1997 in which Zairean President Mobutu Sésé Seko was overthrown by rebel forces backed by foreign powers such as Uganda and Rwanda. Rebel leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila declared himself president and changed the name of the nation back to Democratic Republic of the Congo. The war set the foundation for, and was quickly followed by, the Second Congo War, which began on 2 August 1998.\n\nWhen the vice-governor of South Kivu Province issued an order in November 1996 ordering the Banyamulenge to leave Zaire on penalty of death, they erupted in rebellion. The anti-Mobutu forces combined to form the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Zaire (AFDL). The AFDL received the support of the leaders of African Great Lakes states, particularly Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Yoweri Museveni of Uganda. Lacking foreign military assistance, many elements of the Zairian Army joined Laurent-Désiré Kabila as they marched from eastern DRC on Kinshasa. Government resistance crumbled, and Mobutu fled the country. Kabila formally took power on May 17, 1997.\n\nHowever, once Kabila was in power the situation changed dramatically. He quickly became suspected of being as corrupt and authoritarian as his predecessor. Many of the pro-democracy forces abandoned him and he began a vigorous effort to centralize control. This brought renewed conflict with the minority groups of the east who demanded autonomy. Furthermore, Kabila began to turn against his former Rwandan allies when they showed little sign of withdrawing from his territory. He accused them and their allies of trying to capture the region's mineral resources. Furthermore, his overreliance on the Rwandans for political and military control was a major reason that pro-democracy forces accused Kabila of being a puppet of Kigali.\n\nIn August 1998, Kabila removed all ethnic Tutsis from his Government and ordered all Rwandan and Ugandan officials out of the DRC. The two countries then turned against their former client, sending troops to aid rebels attempting to overthrow Kabila and triggering the Second Congo War.
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The causes is over simplified as tangle of allainces and the breakway republic of Serbia was the powder keg. As soon as Arcduke Ferdinand was assasinated Austria-Hungary went on to mobolize against Serbia. This could have just resulted in a war between Austria-Hungary and Serbia, but Russia had to protect its Slavic neighbors. Since there were Slavs in Russia it was good policy to protect another Slavic country. Germany didn't have to honor it's treaty obligations to Austria-Hungary, but it did. The Germans were not expecting war. Since, Germany was mobolizing and it's ally Russia was under threat France had no choice,but to call up its armed forces too. Two other great powers still sat out because they did not think a world war was possible. The Ottoman Empire and the British Empire were on the sidelines in August 1914. Britian was a sea based empire and if Europe went to war Britian would too, because it had to prtotect is worldwide colonies. It was important for the British to keep the supply lines to the home islands and to the colony of India. The Ottoman's had no choice either because Russian forces border them and could close access to their sea routes. The British were in North Africa and that was also was seen as a threat. Theses countries had high nationalism, which propelled them to war and the citizens of all theses nations beleived their country was invincible. Another problem was ethniciy because the Austrian-Hungarians viewed the Slavs as second class citizens. By Austria giving Serbia and ulitmatum started WWI off and there was no turning back.
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This war is being fought on many fronts. Some countries had their bank accounts.
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Patrice Emery Lumumba\nb. July 2, 1925, Onalua, Belgian Congo [now Congo (Kinshasa)]\nd. January 1961, Katanga province\n\nAfrican nationalist leader, the first prime minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (June-September 1960). Forced out of office during a political crisis, he was assassinated a short time later.\n\nLumumba was born in the village of Onalua in Kasai province, Belgian Congo. He was a member of the small Batetela tribe, a fact that was to become significant in his later political life. His two principal rivals, Moise Tshombe, who led the breakaway of the Katanga province, and Joseph Kasavubu, who later became the nation's president, both came from large, powerful tribes from which they derived their major support, giving their political movements a regional character. In contrast, Lumumba's movement emphasized its all-Congolese nature.\n\nAfter attending a Protestant mission school, Lumumba went to work in Kindu-Port-Empain, where he became active in the club of the évolués (educated Africans). He began to write essays and poems for Congolese journals. Lumumba next moved to Léopoldville (now Kinshasa) to become a postal clerk and went on to become an accountant in the post office in Stanleyville (now Kisangani). There he continued to contribute to the Congolese press.\n\nIn 1955 Lumumba became regional president of a purely Congolese trade union of government employees that was not affiliated, as were other unions, to either of the two Belgian trade-union federations (socialist and Roman Catholic). He also became active in the Belgian Liberal Party in the Congo. Although conservative in many ways, the party was not linked to either of the trade-union federations, which were hostile to it. In 1956 Lumumba was invited with others to make a study tour of Belgium under the auspices of the Minister of Colonies. On his return he was arrested on a charge of embezzlement from the post office. He was convicted and condemned one year later, after various reductions of sentence, to 12 months' imprisonment and a fine.\n\nWhen Lumumba got out of prison, he grew even more active in politics. In October 1958 he founded the Congolese National Movement (Mouvement National Congolais; MNC), the first nationwide Congolese political party. In December he attended the first All-African People's Conference in Accra, Ghana, where he met nationalists from across the African continent and was made a member of the permanent organization set up by the conference. His outlook and terminology, inspired by pan-African goals, now took on the tenor of militant nationalism.\n\nIn 1959 the Belgian government announced a program intended to lead in five years to independence, starting with local elections in December 1959. The nationalists regarded this program as a scheme to install puppets before independence and announced a boycott of the elections. The Belgian authorities responded with repression. On October 30 there was a clash in Stanleyville that resulted in 30 deaths. Lumumba was imprisoned on a charge of inciting to riot.\n\nThe MNC decided to shift tactics, entered the elections, and won a sweeping victory in Stanleyville (90 percent of the votes). In January 1960 the Belgian government convened a Round Table Conference in Brussels of all Congolese parties to discuss political change, but the MNC refused to participate without Lumumba. Lumumba was thereupon released from prison and flown to Brussels. The conference agreed on a date for independence, June 30, with national elections in May. Although there was a multiplicity of parties, the MNC came out far ahead in the elections, and Lumumba emerged as the leading nationalist politician of the Congo. Maneuvers to prevent his assumption of authority failed, and he was asked to form the first government, which he succeeded in doing on June 23, 1960.\n\nA few days after independence, some units of the army rebelled, largely because of objections to their Belgi
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i always that the wordl needed a war counrtry.  that way, we could just go there and fight and not wreck houses and stuff.....................  i suggested part of Africa as its big and theres a lot of suffering going on there........we could buy part of it and help out the people at the same time.
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Probably the Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly called Zaire.
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Central African Republic – from Ubangi-Shari on independence in 1958\nDemocratic Republic of the Congo – was Zaire between 1971 and 1997.\nSri Lanka from Ceylon in 1972 \n\n\nHere is a lengthy list of them....\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changing_a_country_name#Significant_name_changes , although some of them are cities...
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Power is the impetus for war.\nReligion, land, politics...are the fall guys for power mongers.
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The Bay of Pigs was the Bay of Pigs conflict.  It wasn't really part of another conflict.  I believe it was 1961.  Failed invasion of Cuba with Cuban nationals supported/armed by the US
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I can't believe no one gave you an answer to this question yet, so I've dug up some information for you. \n\nThe end of the war is easy to find. That would be April 30th, 1975 just before noon when South Vietnamese President Minh announced unconditional surrender to NVA forces. \n\nThe beginning is much more difficult to determine. \n\nThe history books would indicate that the start date could be as early as 1961 when a treaty for military and economic assistance was signed between South Vietnam and the U.S. With the first official military action happening in 1964. There is a real possibility that the U.S. Military was fighting in Vietnam much earlier than 1964. \n\nIf you ask the Vietnamese, the war could have started when the Japanese tried to control the region during World War II. War was pretty much a staple of their lives until 1975. Since then, there has been relative peace in Vietnam with exception of short boarder disputes between China and Cambodia.
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it started in africa with monkeys
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problem; political war due to decolonisation without leaving a proper government behind. (this is a VERY VERY brief explanation)\n\nsolution; hmm.. if there was an easy one they probably would have thought about it and put in to action by now.Till then all that the advanced countries will do is send supplies, medical stuff and blue helmet soldiers(to make the situation even worse lol).\n\nThis is an interesting question, i'm sorry that my answer is so mean, but if I were you I'd look up for the answers my self so that I get better chances of understanding and remembering the information. I think I'll make a study about ti right now ^^
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Contrary to popular belief, the assassination of Ferdinand did not start WWI.  There were other factors which were already in place, his death was simply an excuse for the Austro-Hungarian Empire to declare war.  Germany offered them a "blank check" and Austria took this to mean the Germans would assist them.  It was only when the Germans violated the neutrality of Belgium that the War really got going.  If you want more info on the causes, one of my favorite resource on the topic is www.firstworldwar.com.  A link to the specific page with the causes listed it: http://www.firstworldwar.com/origins/causes.htm\n\nHope this helps!
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Causes of the 1st war: The Young Turks Revolution (1908-09) and the Turko-Italian War (1911-12)\n\nCauses of the 2nd war: The Treaty of London causing friction among the Balkan Allies--Serbia & Bulgaria.
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War starts because of power. Someone has it and someone else wants it. Also religion is a major cause of war. I think that if there was no religion we would all be much better off.
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Historians believe that there were several reasons for the outbreak of war during the summer of 1914.\n\n(a) The size of the British Empire; \n\n(b) The desire by Germany to have a larger empire than Britain; \n\n(c) The fear that Austro-Hungary had of Russia; \n\n(d) The fear that Russia had of Austro-Hungary;\n\n(e) The desire of France to regain the losses suffered during the war with Germany in 1870; \n\n(f) The formation of the Triple Alliance; \n\n(g) The formation of the Triple Entente; \n\n(h) The increasing size of the German Army; \n\n(i) The increasing size of the German Navy; \n\n(j) The increasing size of the Royal Navy;\n\n(k) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand;\n\n(l) The way that Austro-Hungary and Germany treated Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand;\n\n(m) The way that Russia reacted to the way that Austro-Hungary and Germany treated Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand;\n___________________________________________________________\n\nI have inserted links to useful pages at www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk - which is an awesome history website aimed at school kids.  It will be able to help explain the above list some more!  Just remember to scroll right down.
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The immediate Causes of World War II are generally held to be the German invasion of Poland, and the Japanese attacks on China, the United States, and the British and Dutch colonies. In each of these cases, the attacks were the result of a decision made by authoritarian ruling elites in Germany and Japan. World War II started after these aggressive actions were met with an official declaration of war, armed resistance or both.