A ranar 28 ga Maris, 2004, wani yunkurin juyin mulki ko tawaye a kusa da babban birnin kasar Kinshasa, wanda ake zargin 'yan tsohuwar tsohuwar shugaban kasar Mobutu Sese Seko (wanda mahaifin Kabila ya kori shi a shekarar 1997 kuma ya mutu a wannan shekarar), ya kasa. A ranar 11 ga Yuni, 2004, masu juyin mulki da aka jagoranci da Manjo Eric Lenge sun yi zargin cewa sun yi kokarin karbe iko kuma sun sanar a gidan rediyon jihar cewa an dakatar da gwamnatin rikon kwarya, amma dakarun masu biyayya sun ci su. Tambaya: yaushe ne yunƙurin juyin mulki na farko a Kinshasa?
28 ga Maris shekara ta 2004