This deprived Rewards_and_punishments the Libyan forces Military_operation of their habitual infantry , exactly when they found Know themselves confronting Confronting_problem a mobile army , well provided Supply now by the United States , Zaire and France with anti-tank and anti-air missiles , thus cancelling Removing the Libyan superiority in firepower .

Following the 1993 trade embargo on UNITA there were frequent `` sanction Preventing_or_letting busting '' flights out of Zaire .

Initial reports by Zairan officials stated Statement that the plane crashed Catastrophe near Cahungula , Lunda Norte Province , while transporting Bringing diamond miners from Zaire 's capital , Kinshasa .

The First Congo War ( 1996–1997 ) , also nicknamed Name_conferral Africa 's First World War , was a civil war Hostile_encounter and international military conflict Hostile_encounter which mostly took place Process_start in Zaire ( present-day DR Congo ) , with major spillovers into Sudan and Uganda .

Following years of internal strife Hostile_encounter , dictatorship and economic decline , Zaire was a dying state by 1996 .

The population of Zaire had become Becoming restless and resentful of the inept and corrupt regime , whose military was in a catastrophic condition , while President Mobutu was terminally ill Bodily_harm and no longer able to keep Preventing_or_letting the different factions in his government under control Control .

The situation finally escalated Cause_change_of_strength when Rwanda invaded Attack Zaire in 1996 to defeat Conquering a number of rebel groups which had found refuge Escaping in the country .

A new government was installed Creating , and Zaire was renamed Name_conferral Democratic Republic of the Congo , but this brought Bringing little true change Change .

Zaire 74 was a three-day live music festival Social_event that took place Process_start on September 22 to 24 , 1974 at the 20th of May Stadium in Kinshasa , Zaire ( now Democratic Republic of the Congo ) .

Zaire 74 was a three-day live music festival Social_event that took place Process_start on September 22 to 24 , 1974 at the 20th of May Stadium in Kinshasa , Zaire ( now Democratic Republic of the Congo ) .

In addition to promoting Cause_to_make_progress the Ali-Foreman fight , the Zaire 74 event was intended to present Presence and promote Cause_to_make_progress racial and cultural solidarity between African American and African people .

Thirty one performing groups , 17 from Zaire and 14 from overseas , performed Hold .