Foreign Intervention And Persistent Conflict In North Kivu Province, Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo

ABSTRACT African countries have suffered conflicts both intra and inter-state often originating from foreign intervention by either super powers or other powerful member states. This intervention in Africa chronicles the foreign political and military interventions in Africa during the periods of decolonization (1956-1975) and the Cold War (1945-1991), as well as during the periods of state collapse (1991-2001) and the “global war on terror” (2001-2010). Since the late 19th century, Congo’s vast natural resources have continually attracted violent intervention from abroad and stoked internal c…