Significant1977

Shaba I Invasion

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Shaba · Mutshatsha · Kolwezi

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

Invasion of Mobutu's Shaba province by FNLC Katangese exiles from Angola, repulsed by Moroccan troops airlifted by France.

Belligerents4

Zaire
FNLC
Morocco
France

Sources

Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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