 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mobutu akaziva kuti mamiriro ezvematongerwo enyika aive achichinja nekuda kwekuguma kweHondo Yemashoko, pfungwa yakasimudzirwa nekuparadzwauye kufa kweshamwari yake Nicolae Ceaușescu, mutongi weRomania, muna December 1989. Mobutu akasarudza kushanyira Zaire muna January naFebruary 1990. Sezvo iye akanga ambopoteredzwa navanonyengera, rwendo rwacho rusina kunaka rwakamuita kuti aone mwero unoshamisa wokusagutsikana kwevanhu munyika yacho. Nyika yacho yaitambura nokuwandisa kwemari, urovha hukuru, uye mari shoma inowanwa; vanhu vakawanda mumaguta vaigona kutenga zvokudya kamwe chete pazuva; mumativi mazhinji enyika, 50 yavagari yakanga isina zvokudya zvinovaka muviri. Achiziva kudikanwa kwokuita chimwe chinhu, Mobutu akazivisa kuvamba kwechinjo dzezvamatongerwe enyika pana 24 April 1990. Akazivisa Third Republic ine pepanhau rakasununguka, kuguma kweAuthenticité, kuiswa kwezvematongerwe enyika akawanda, uye kuendeswa kwesimba kuhurumende yakasarudzwa zvematongerwe enyika mukati megore. Mutungamiri wenguva refu wevanopikisa Étienne Tshisekedi akasunungurwa musungwa wepamusha. Zvisinei, kuziviswa kwegadziridzo kwakakonzera nyanduko yezvamatongerwe enyika pakarepo yavaZairians vanofara. Vanopikisa vakaronga kuratidzira, vachityisa Mobutu, uyo akanga aronga kuramba ari mutongi pasinei zvapo nokuchinja kwacho. Akarayira kuti vanhu vaite mhirizhonga, uye DSP payakatumwa kunodzvinyirira mhirizhonga paUniversity of Lubumbashi, basa racho rakauraya vadzidzi vakawanda. 