Shaba II

Shaba II was a brief conflict fought in the Zairean province of Shaba (now Katanga) in 1978. The conflict broke out on 11 May 1978 after 6,500 rebels from the Congolese National Liberation Front (FNLC), a Katangese separatist militia, crossed the border from Angola into Zaire in an attempt to achieve the province's secession from the Zairian regime of Mobutu Sese Seko. The FNLC captured the important mining town of Kolwezi.[2]

Shaba II
Part of the Shaba Invasions and the Cold War
Location of Shaba in Zaire.
Date May 11 – June 1978 Location Shaba, Zaire Result Zairian victory; mutual end of support for other nations' rebel groups
Belligerents
Zaire  France  Belgium  Morocco  United States	FNLC
Commanders and leaders
Mobutu Sese Seko Guy Méry Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Leo Tindemans Abdelkader Loubaris John C. Stetson	Nathaniel Mbumba
Casualties and losses
Zaire: 14 killed 8 wounded[1] Civilian: 500 killed France:[1] 11 killed 20 wounded Belgium:[1] 1 killed Morocco:[1] 1 paratrooper killed European civilians: 120 killed[1] United States:[1] 1 aircraft slightly damaged 1 crewman wounded	Katanga:[1] 250 killed 160 captured