Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) yaiva nyika yaitongwa neBelgium pakati pa1885 na1960. Nokukurumidza pashure porusununguko
kubva kuBelgium, Mobutu Sese Seko akatora simba mukubvuta masimba kwechiuto uye akazviisa amene somutungamiri wenyika. Mukutonga kwaMobutu kwoudzvinyiriri, nyika yacho yaizivikanwa seZaire. Pakazosvika 1996, kurwisana kwakabva mukuparadzwa kwevanhu muRwanda kwakapararira muZaire uye mapoka evapanduki vechiHutu, kusanganisira veInterahamwe, vakanga vachishandisa misasa yevapoteri munharaunda yeKivu kurwisa Rwanda. Mauto eRwanda neUganda akapinda muZaire kuti arwise mauto evaHutu, uye pakupedzisira akakunda Mobutu, muhondo yakazozivikanwa seHondo yeKongo Yokutanga. Mauto eRwanda neUganda akabatana nevezvematongerwo enyika vekuCongo nevatungamiriri vemarudzi vairwisana nehutongi hwaMobutu uye mapoka aya akabatana kuti ave mubatanidzwa weDemocratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL), inotungamirwa naLaurent-Désiré Kabila. Muna 1997, Mobutu akatiza Zaire uye Kabila akazviti purezidhendi uye akachinja zita renyika yacho kuva Democratic Republic of the Congo.