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Zaire

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

11 dated entries naming Zaire, drawn from 7 separate years between 1975 CE and 1997 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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20th century

  • 1975The 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.source
  • 1976August 26 – The second known outbreak of Ebola virus occurs in Yambuku, Zaire.source
  • 1976December 23 – A new volcano, Murara, erupts in eastern Zaire.source
  • 1977January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).source
  • 1978May 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.source
  • 1978May 19–20 – French Foreign Legion paratroopers land in Kolwezi, Zaire, to rescue Europeans in the middle of a civil war.source
  • 1989January 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.source
  • 1994July 18 – Rwandan Patriotic Front troops capture Gisenyi, forcing the interim government into Zaire and ending the Rwandan genocide.source
  • 1997March 21 – In Zaire, Étienne Tshisekedi is appointed prime minister; he ejects supporters of Mobutu Sese Seko from his cabinet.source
  • 1997May 16 – First Congo War ends when president Mobutu Sese Seko is exiled from Zaire.source
  • 1997September 7 – Mobutu Sese Seko, 66, Congolese politician and president of Zaire, prostate cancer.source

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