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Second Congo War

1998–2003 Central Africa Status: ended Casualties: ~5.4 million (battle + disease + famine)

Africa's World War — nine countries involved. Deadliest conflict since WWII. The Congolese rainforest became a battlefield for proxy armies fighting over minerals. Official end in 2003 but violence never fully stopped.

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Belligerents

  • DRC
  • Rwanda
  • Uganda
  • Angola
  • Zimbabwe
  • Burundi

Casualties

~5.4 million (battle + disease + famine)

From World at War, an interactive atlas by Jairus Pereira. Figures are approximate, drawn from Wikipedia, UCDP, ACLED and academic sources — a design artefact, not an authoritative register. Contact.