Shaba I

Shaba I
Part of the Shaba Invasions and the Cold War
Zairian troops with a beret-wearing Moroccan military advisor
Date March 8 – May 26, 1977 (2 months, 2 weeks and 4 days) Location Shaba Province, Zaire Result Zairian victory FNLC expelled from Shaba
Belligerents
Zaire  Morocco  Egypt  France  Belgium Supported by:  United States  China  Sudan	Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC) Supported by: Angola  Soviet Union
Commanders and leaders
Mobutu Sese Seko Mampa Ngakwe Salamay Abdelkader Loubaris Hamidou Laanigri Ahmed Dlimi Anwar El-Sadat Leo Tindemans Valéry Giscard d'Estaing	Nathaniel Mbumba
Strength
Zaire: 3,000-4,000 Morocco: 1,300–1,500 Paratroopers Egypt: ~50 France: 20-65 Belgium: 80	1,600–3,000 FNLC fighters
Casualties and losses
8 dead	Unknown

Zairian victory

Supported by:

Front for the National Liberation of the Congo (FNLC)
Supported by:

Mobutu Sese Seko
Mampa Ngakwe Salamay
Abdelkader Loubaris
Hamidou Laanigri
Ahmed Dlimi

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