1998 in Zimbabwe

none 1998 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 spread across DRC and on borders with Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania. Rwanda continued to deny involvement with the rebels and a summit was held in Zimbabwe discussing the conflict.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/146526.stm Fighting spreads in Congo 6 August 1998 8 February 2015 August 8 - The talks failed to secure a truce of a ceasefire between the countries at the summit in Zimbabwe.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/147676.stm Congo talks fail to secure truce 8 August 1998 8 February 2015 August 10 - Military experts from Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Tanzania were due in Kinshasa later that week to investigate allegations of Rwandan and Ugandan troops being sent across the border.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/148753.stm OAU mediators in Congo 10 August 1998 8 February 2015 August 21 - South African President Nelson Mandela called for a summit over the Congo conflict on Saturday, inviting the leaders of DRC, Rwanda, Uganda and Zimbabwe to come.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/155956.stm Mandela calls summit over Congo 21 August 1998 8 February 2015 August 27 - After over two hundred civilians were reported to be killed by DRC rebels, Zimbabwe criticized countries that had been secretly aiding the rebels, who called for a ceasefire.https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/159295.stm More deaths in eastern Congo reported 27 August 1998 8 February 2015 September September 3 - South Africa said it supported the intervention of DRC by Namibia, Zimbabwe and Angola which supported Kabila.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/163864.stm South Africa shifts position on Congo 3 September 1998 8 February 2015 December December 4 - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe defended fighting for DRC, referred to the foreign involvement in Bosnian War.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/227930.stm Mugabe defends fighting for Congo 4 December 1998 8 February 2015 December 5 - The rebel leader said that Angolan and Zimbabwean troops had launched a counter-offensive against his troops in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/228533.stm Government offensive in Congo 5 December 1998 8 February 2015 References 1998 Category:1990s in Zimbabwe Category:Years of the 20th century in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Zimbabwe