Abstract
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe claimed that national interests made it essential to provide Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) President Laurent Kabila's embattled regime with massive military support. But Zimbabwe's involvement in the Congolese civil war, which erupted in August 1998, has in fact further weakened Mugabe's own regime, draining the budget, damaging the economy and increasing mass discontent. There is also a widespread and accurate perception among the Zimbabwean population and, even more dangerously, the armed forces, that the government's decision was due largely to the personal business interests in the DRC of a number of senior politicians and military officers.
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