Without consulting parliament, in August 1998 he ordered Zimbabwean troops into the Democratic Republic of the Congo to side with President Laurent Kabila in the Second Congo War
Popanda kukambirana ndi nyumba yamalamulo, mu August 1998 adalamula asirikali aku Zimbabwe kulowa m'dziko la Democratic Republic of Congo kuti agwirizane ndi mtsogoleri wa dziko Laurent Kabila pankhondo yachiwiri ya Congo