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The Start of Operation Kitona: A Bold Move in Central African History
In August 1998, an event unfolded at a quiet airstrip in western Congo that would ripple across the entire African continent. A Boeing 727—marked neither by logos nor official sanctions—landed unexpectedly, heralding a new chapter in Central African military operations. As Rwandan troops poured out and took control of the airstrip, the groundwork for Operation Kitona was laid, a plan that sought not just to make headlines but to completely destabilize the Congolese government led by President Laurent-Désiré Kabila.