1998 in Zimbabwe explained

The following lists events that happened during 1998 in Zimbabwe.

Incumbents

• • President: Robert Mugabe First Vice President: Simon Muzenda
• Second Vice President: Joshua Nkomo

Events

August

• August 6 - Fighting spreads across DRC and on borders with Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. Rwanda continues to deny involvement with the rebels and a summit is held in Zimbabwe discussing the conflict.^[1]
• August 8 - The talks fail to secure a truce of a ceasefire between the countries at the summit in Zimbabwe.^[2]
• August 10 - Military experts from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania are due in Kinshasa later this week to investigate allegations of Rwandan and Ugandan troops being sent across the border.^[3]
• August 21 - South African President Nelson Mandela calls for a summit over the Congo conflict on Saturday, inviting the leaders of DRC, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe to come.^[4]
• August 27 - After over two hundred civilians are reported to be killed by DRC rebels, Zimbabwe criticises countries that have been secretly aiding the rebels, who called for a ceasefire.^[5]

September

• September 3 - South Africa now says it supports the intervention of DRC by Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola, supporting Kabila.^[6]

December

• December 4 - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe defends fighting for DRC, referring to the foreign involvement in Bosnian War.^[7]
• December 5 - The rebel leader said that Angolan and Zimbabwean troops have launched a counter-offensive against his troops in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fighting spreads in Congo . 6 August 1998 . 8 February 2015.
2. Web site: Congo talks fail to secure truce . 8 August 1998 . 8 February 2015.
3. Web site: OAU mediators in Congo . 10 August 1998 . 8 February 2015.
4. Web site: Mandela calls summit over Congo . 21 August 1998 . 8 February 2015.
5. Web site: More deaths in eastern Congo reported . 27 August 1998 . 8 February 2015.
6. Web site: South Africa shifts position on Congo . 3 September 1998 . 8 February 2015.
7. Web site: Mugabe defends fighting for Congo . 4 December 1998 . 8 February 2015.
8. Web site: Government offensive in Congo . 5 December 1998 . 8 February 2015.