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The LICOPA affair ((フランス語:l'affaire LICOPA)) was a diplomatic conflict between the People's Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) and Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of Congo) during the Cold War in the early 1970s. At the time the two neighbouring states found themselves on opposing sides in Cold War politics, with Zaire under Mobutu Sese Seko a Western ally and Congo a socialist state aligned with the Soviet Union. The Zairean authorities claimed that the Congolese embassy in Kinshasa had functioned as an intermediary between the Congolese League for Peace and Friendship between the Peoples (''LIgue COngolaise pour la Paix et l'Amitié entre les peuples'', LICOPA; 'licopa' is also the Lingala word for 'secret complot') and Zairean 'subversives'. According to Zaire, LICOPA trained Zairean opposition activists.〔Bazenguissa-Ganga, Rémy. ''(Les voies du politique au Congo: essai de sociologie historique )''. Paris: Karthala, 1997. p. 192〕〔 Several persons accused of involvement with LICOPA were arrested in Zaire, whilst others were forced into exile.〔 On August 21, 1971, Zaire declared the Congolese chargé d'affaires in Kinshasa, Lieutenant Eyabo, to be a ''persona non grata''.〔 In an attempt to revive Congolese-Zairean relations, the Congolese authorities carried out arrests to appease Zaire. One of the arrested was Ando Ibarra, who had been charged ''in absentia'' in a Kinshasa court for endangering national security and spreading 'false rumours' in the Zairean army. Ibarra was sentenced to three years imprisonment in Congo.〔〔''(Interview de Jonas Caddy Cadima )''〕 However, Congo never admitted that there had been any links between Ibarra and Lieutenant Eyado (as charged by Zaire). After being released, Ibarra was banished from Congo for ten years.〔 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「LICOPA affair」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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