Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekumukira kwevanhu veCongo, Belgium yakapa uye izvi zvakatungamira kuzvimiririra kweCongo
muna 1960. Zvisinei, Congo yakaramba isina kugadzikana nokuti vatungamiriri vomunharaunda vaiva nesimba guru kupfuura hurumende yepakati, Katanga achiedza kuwana rusununguko achitsigirwa neBelgium. Mutungamiriri wehurumende Patrice Lumumba akaedza kudzorera runyararo achibatsirwa neSoviet Union sechikamu cheHondo Yemashoko, zvichiita kuti United States itsigire kupidigura kwakatungamirirwa naColonel Joseph Mobutu muna 1965. Mobutu akakurumidza kutora simba rakazara reCongo ndokutumidza nyika yacho kuti Zaire. Akatsvaka kuita kuti nyika ive yeAfrica, achichinja zita rake pachake kuva Mobutu Sese Seko, uye akada kuti vagari vomuAfrica vachinje mazita avo okuMadokero kuva mazita eAfrica echinyakare. Mobutu akatsvaka kudzvinyirira chero kushorwa kwokutonga kwake, izvo akabudirira kuita muma1980. Zvisinei, nehurumende yake yakaderera mumakore ekuma1990, Mobutu akamanikidzwa kubvumirana nehurumende yekugovana masimba nebato rinopikisa. Mobutu akaramba ari mukuru wenyika uye akavimbisa kuti paizova nesarudzo mumakore maviri akatevera asi hadzina kuitika.