The following lists events that happened during 1997 in Zaire.

1997
in
Zaire

Decades:
See also:History of Zaire
1997 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Events

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Date event
Sizarail is dissolved and all operations are taken over by the Société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo (SNCC).[1]
18 February United Nations Security Council Resolution 1097 is adopted unanimously, in which the Council endorsed a five-point peace plan to address the situation in eastern Zaire.[2]
29 March Société Minière et Industrielle du Kivu (Sominki) is put into liquidation.[3]
16 May Donatien Mahele Lieko Bokungu, army chief of staff, is killed by Mobutu loyalists.[4]
16 May First Congo War concludes when forces under Laurent-Désiré Kabila enter Kinshasa
17 May Zaire is renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bank of Zaire becomes Central Bank of the Congo

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Sources

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  • Final Statement of the Canadian National Contact Point - Banro Corporation and a Group of Former Employees, Global Affairs Canada, 25 May 2017, retrieved 2021-04-10
  • Little, Allan (24 May 1997), "Hope and retribution in Zaire", BBC News, retrieved 2021-04-17
  • N'Lemvo Dedengity, Alain Riche (2008), "Historique de la S.N.C.C.", La problématique de l'audit interne dans la gestion des entreprises publiques en République Démocratique du Congo: Cas de « LA SOCIETE NATIONALE DE CHEMINS DE FER DU CONGO (thesis), Institut supérieur du commerce, retrieved 2021-03-30
  • Security Council endorses peace plan for Great Lakes region proposed by UN/OAU Special Representative, United Nations, 18 February 1997