This NARMIC research report introduces people to Zaire, beginning with its natural resources and economic underdevelopment. The U.S. State Department Human Rights report of March 1977 is excerpted. It discusses President Mobutu Sese Seko's power and the close U.S. relationship with him. It then discusses the crisis in Zaire in 1977 and the swift U.S. military aid and internationalization of the conflict. "Who are the Insurgents?" is featured.
