During the 1990s in what many observers dubbed "Africa's world war," a number of countries intervened in _________ in order to gain access to natural resources as well as to settle ethnic scores.
A) Burundi
B) Rwanda
C) Zambia
D) Zaire
E) Malawi

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The phrase "Africa's world war" refers to the conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, then called Zaire, from 1998-2003. Many neighboring countries intervened in the conflict to gain access to Zaire's natural resources, such as diamonds and minerals, and to settle ethnic scores.

During the 1990s in What Many Observers Dubbed "Africa's World