{"slug": "zaire", "label": "Zaire", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaire", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6500954", "qid": "Q6500954", "description": "one-party military dictatorship in Central Africa (1965–1997) under Mobutu Sese Seko; renamed Republic of Zaire in 1971 as part of Mobutu's Authenticité policy; formerly Belgian Congo, now Democratic Republic of the Congo", "entries": 11, "years": 7, "span": [1975, 1997], "span_label": ["1975 CE", "1997 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 3}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 2}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "zambia", "label": "Zambia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "democratic-republic-of-the-congo", "label": "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "uganda", "label": "Uganda", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "senegal", "label": "Senegal", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "rwandan-genocide", "label": "Rwandan genocide", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1975, "year_label": "1975 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August", "text": "The first Cuban forces arrive in Angola to join Soviet personnel who are there to assist the MPLA that controls less than a quarter of Angolan territory. The United States, Zaire and Zambia request South Africa to provide training and support for the FNLA and UNITA forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369955775#August", "title": "1975", "revid": 1369955775, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "August 26", "text": "August 26 – The second known outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Yambuku, Zaire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#August", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 1976, "year_label": "1976 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "December 23", "text": "December 23 – A new volcano, Murara, erupts in eastern Zaire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372603253#December", "title": "1976", "revid": 1372603253, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1977, "year_label": "1977 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "January 10", "text": "January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371657539#January", "title": "1977", "revid": 1371657539, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 12", "text": "May 12 – Shaba II: In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining centre of the province of Shaba. The Zairean government asks the U.S., France and Belgium to restore order.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#May", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1978, "year_label": "1978 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "May 19", "text": "May 19–20 – French Foreign Legion paratroopers land in Kolwezi, Zaire, to rescue Europeans in the middle of a civil war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022681#May", "title": "1978", "revid": 1370022681, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 13", "text": "January 13 – Former Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is expelled to Senegal from Zaire after using a fake Zairean passport in an attempt to return to Uganda. Amin is eventually expelled from Senegal and subsequently returns to Zaire after the Saudi government refuses to allow him in Saudi Arabia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#January", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1994, "year_label": "1994 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 18", "text": "July 18 – Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture Gisenyi, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the Rwandan genocide.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369917016#July", "title": "1994", "revid": 1369917016, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – In Zaire, Étienne Tshisekedi is appointed prime minister; he ejects supporters of Mobutu Sese Seko from his cabinet.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#March", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 16", "text": "May 16 – First Congo War ends when president Mobutu Sese Seko is exiled from Zaire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367978156#May", "title": "1997", "revid": 1367978156, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – Mobutu Sese Seko, 66, Congolese politician and president of Zaire, prostate cancer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354517761", "title": "Deaths in September 1997", "revid": 1354517761, "section": "Deaths › September"}}]}