Kammala wannan jumla: A ranar 25 ga Nuwamba, 1965, Joseph-Désiré Mobutu ya jagoranci sojoji
Juyin mulki ya kwace ikon gwamnati. Kundin tsarin mulkin da Mobutu ya zartar a shekarar 1967, ya tanadi a cikin Mataki na 46 cewa za a tsara 'yan ƙasa bisa ga Dokar Nationality. Dangane da wannan, a ranar 26 ga Maris, 1971, ya zartar da doka ta 71-020 wacce ta tanadi cewa duk Banyarwanda da suka zauna a Kwango kafin 'yancin kai ya dawo da' yan kasa. An canza sunan kasar zuwa Zaire a ranar 27 ga Oktoba, 1971. A ranar 5 ga Janairu, 1972, a karkashin Dokar 72-002, an canza ranar zama zuwa 1 ga Janairu, 1950, ta hana duk wani Banyarwanda da ya isa bayan wannan ranar 'yan asalin Zaire. A karkashin dokar ta 1972, mata suna rasa 'yan kasa na Zaire ta atomatik lokacin da suka yi aure ga baƙo sai dai idan a cikin watanni shida na aure sun bayyana cewa suna son riƙe' yan kasa na asali. Matar baƙon da ta auri ɗan ƙasar Zaire ko kuma ta auri mutumin da ya zama ɗan ƙasa na iya samun ɗan ƙasa ta hanyar barin asalin ta.