Zimbabwe’s military in Congo: Launching pad of corruption
When opportunity presented itself in the form of widespread warfare in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwean military leaders were quick to provide troops in exchange for permission to establish Zimbabwean corporations to exploit Congolese raw materials.
Tags: Air Commodore Mike Tichafa Karakadzai, Air Marshall Perence Shiri, Brigadier General Sibusiso Busi Moyo, Burundi, Colonel Simpson Sikhulile Nyathi, Colonel Tshinga Dube, Congo gold and diamonds, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC President Laurent Kabila, economic "structural adjustments", Economic Structural Adjustment Program (ESAP), elites, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, General Vitalis Musunga Gava Zvinavashe, Jean Damu, John Mikembe, Joint Operations Command, Joseph Kabila, Morgan Tsvangirai, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), National Security Council, personal enrichment of military leaders, political elite, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Rwanda, Sidney Sekeramayi, Solomon Mujuru (aka Rex Nhongo), Thamer Bin Said Ahmed Al-Shanfari, Uganda, wealth accumulation, Western economic sanctions, ZANLA Deputy Commander Solomon Mujuru, ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA), Zimbabwe Executive Vice President Grace Mujuru, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe
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