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Zaire Zaire as a Military Aid Donor
In addition to receiving military assistance from
numerous
countries, Zaire aided other African countries, often in
support of
Western interests. Zaire's relationship with Chad was
preeminent in
this respect. In 1983 President Mobutu sent approximately
3,000
troops to Chad to help Chadian president Hissein Habré
stop a
Libyan-backed rebel offensive. France and the United
States also
aided Habré. Several Chadian commando battalions were
trained at
the Zairian Commando Training Center and Chadian officers
trained
at Zaire's Armor Training School. In September 1986, Zaire
sent two
airborne companies to Togo to help Togolese president
Gnassingbe
Eyadéma stabilize his capital city after an attempted
coup, and in
late 1990 Mobutu sent elements of the DSP to help
neighboring
Rwanda fight an insurgency. Zaire also provided training
at its
Armor Training School for students from several other
African
countries.
Data as of December 1993
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