Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pasinei nenguva yakatevera yekusagadzikana
, kupandukira, uye kupindira kweUN muhafu yekutanga ye1960s, hazvina kuderedza tariro dzevatungamiri dzokushandisa mhirizhonga yeRwizi rweCongo. Kubva mumatongo ekuenda kweBelgium uye mhirizhonga yakatevera yakabuda Mobutu Sésé Seko, uyo akabata simba rakazara pachake munaNovember 1965 uye aizoramba ari mutungamiri weCongo ane simba kusvikira muna May 1997. Panguva yaaitonga ndipo pakatanga kuvakwa mapurojekiti okuwana magetsi kubva kuInga Falls.