In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire" id="mwASs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Zaire">Zaire</a>, rebels occupy the city of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolwezi" id="mwASw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Kolwezi">Kolwezi</a>, the mining center of the province of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katanga_Province" id="mwAS0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Katanga Province">Shaba</a> (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order.