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Moba
Nairobi
Laurent-Desire Kablila
History of Zaire
1939
Birth
27th Nov Moba
Birth
of Laurent-Desire Kabila
1967
PRP
Nairobi
Founds the
Popular
Revolutionary
Party
in exile
1967
Rebellion
Kivu
Creates a secessionist Marxist state in Sth Kivu wth the help of
China
1988
Rebellion
Kivu
The PRP secessionst state comes to an end & Kabila is believed dead
1996
Rebellion
Leads ethnic Tutsis from Sth Kivu against Hutu forces, marking the beginning of the 1st
Congo
War
Rebels against
Mobutu
as the
Alliance
of
Democratic
Forces for the
Liberation
of Congo-
Zaire
, ADFL
1997
Constitution
17th May
Returns to the pre-
1971
name of the
Democratic
Republic
of
Congo
20th May Kinshasa
Kabila creates the
Public
Salvation
Government
and renamed the country the Dem
Republic
of
Congo
20th May Kinshasa
Kabila makes himself head of state
1997
Diplomacy
Hailed by
USA
Secretary of
State
Albright as a "strong new leader" & a "beacon of hope"
1997
Inauguration of Kabalia
29th May Kinshasa
Sworn in as
President
of
Zaire
in a stadium in front of 35,000 people
1997
President
17th May
Appointed
President
of
Zaire
1997
Siege of Kinshasa ADFL
20th May Kinshasa
Kablila
enters
Kinshasa
1998
Rebellion
Uganda
and Rwanda had turn back a new rebellion of the
Rally
for Congolese Democracy, RCD
2001
Assassination
16th Jan Kinshasa
Killed by a rebel minister during an attack on the presidential palace
16th Jan Kinshasa
The assassination of Kabila is part of a failed coup which is crushed
2001
Coup d'Etat
16th Jan Kinshasa
The assassination of Kabila is part of a failed coup which is crushed
2001
Death
16th Jan Kinshasa
Death
of Laurent-Desire Kabla, killed by a minister during an attack on the presidential palace
2001
Rebellion
16th Jan
Kablila
is shot by one of his own staff, Rashidi Kasereka
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