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The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Zaire.
Incumbents[edit]
- President: Mobutu Sese Seko
- Prime Minister: Léon Kengo wa Dondo – Étienne Tshisekedi – Likulia Bolongo
Events[edit]
| Date | event |
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| Sizarail is dissolved and all operations are taken over by the Société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo (SNCC).[1] | |
| 18 February | United Nations Security Council Resolution 1097 is adopted unanimously, in which the Council endorsed a five-point peace plan to address the situation in eastern Zaire.[2] |
| 29 March | Société Minière et Industrielle du Kivu (Sominki) is put into liquidation.[3] |
| 16 May | Donatien Mahele Lieko Bokungu, army chief of staff, is killed by Mobutu loyalists.[4] |
| 16 May | First Congo War concludes when forces under Laurent-Désiré Kabila enter Kinshasa |
| 17 May | Zaire is renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bank of Zaire becomes Central Bank of the Congo |
See also[edit]
- Zaire
- History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- First Congo War
- 1997 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
References[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Final Statement of the Canadian National Contact Point - Banro Corporation and a Group of Former Employees, Global Affairs Canada, 25 May 2017, retrieved 2021-04-10
- Little, Allan (24 May 1997), "Hope and retribution in Zaire", BBC News, retrieved 2021-04-17
- N'Lemvo Dedengity, Alain Riche (2008), "Historique de la S.N.C.C.", La problématique de l'audit interne dans la gestion des entreprises publiques en République Démocratique du Congo: Cas de « LA SOCIETE NATIONALE DE CHEMINS DE FER DU CONGO (thesis), Institut supérieur du commerce, retrieved 2021-03-30
- Security Council endorses peace plan for Great Lakes region proposed by UN/OAU Special Representative, United Nations, 18 February 1997
