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Assassination
History of Zaire
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| | 1961 | Lumumba, Patrice mery | |
| 17th Jan Dismissed by the forces of Kasavubu & turned over to the Katanga regime & murdered
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| 17th Jan Lumumba and two other comrades (Maurice Mpolo and Joseph Okito) from the government are lined up against a tree, President Tshombe and two other ministers are present for the executions
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| 1977 | Ngoubai, Marien | |
| The new military regime renews diplomatic ties with the USA
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| 2001 | Kablila, Laurent-Desire | |
| 16th Jan Kinshasa Killed by a rebel minister during an attack on the presidential palace
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| 16th Jan Kinshasa The assassination of Kabila is part of a failed coup which is crushed
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