Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A ƙarshen shekarun 1960 da farkon shekarun 1970, mai mulkin kama karya na Zairian Mobutu Sese Seko ya saka hannun jari sosai a cikin ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta ƙasa. Ya haifar da nasarar nahiyar, tare da Zaire lashe gasar cin kofin Afirka a shekarar 1968
kuma a watan Maris na shekarar 1974, watanni uku kafin fitowarsu a gasar cin kofin duniya. Bayan cancantar zuwa gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1974 a watan Disamba na 1973, Mobutu ya ba wa 'yan wasan kowannensu mota da gida.