March 1997Capture of KisanganiLaurent-Desire Kabila
Sees AFDL forces capture Kisangani, opening the route toward western Zaire.
Historical records for Republic of the Congo in 1997, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Sees AFDL forces capture Kisangani, opening the route toward western Zaire.
Mobutu briefly reappoints Tshisekedi as rebel forces advance toward the capital.
Mobutu appoints General Likulia to organise the government's final resistance.
Takes control of Lubumbashi as AFDL advances collapse Mobutu's authority across the country.
Meets Laurent Kabila aboard the South African ship Outeniqua during Nelson Mandela's unsuccessful mediation effort.
Mobutu leaves the capital as Laurent Kabila's forces approach.
Leaves the country as AFDL forces approach Kinshasa and his thirty-two-year rule collapses.
Kabila's alliance enters Kinshasa and ends Mobutu's rule.
Kabila restores the name Democratic Republic of the Congo after taking power.
Kabila issues a decree concentrating legislative and executive authority in the presidency.
Kabila takes the presidential oath and establishes a new central government.
Forms a new government dominated by the victorious AFDL after the fall of Mobutu.
Suspends political party activity after taking power and concentrates authority in the new presidency.
Fights forces loyal to Denis Sassou Nguesso after political tensions erupt into civil war.
Dies in exile in Morocco several months after being driven from power by the First Congo War.
Returns to power after his forces, backed by Angolan troops, defeat Pascal Lissouba's government.
Begins reorganizing national institutions under presidential decrees following the restoration of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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