 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - AFDL yakaramba ichirwisa kusvikira yasvika kuKinshasa ndokukunda Mobutu muna 1997. Mobutu akatiza Zaire uye nokukurumidza akafira muutapwa mwedzi mina gare gare. Pashure pacho, Kabila akazviti ndiye purezidhendi mutsva uye akachinja zita renyika kuva Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zvisinei, ukama pakati paKabila nevatsigiri vake vokuRwanda neUganda hwakashata. Kuedza kwakaitwa neRwanda neUganda kubvisa Kabila pachigaro muna 1998 kwakakura kuva Hondo yeCongo yeChipiri, kurwisana kwenyika kwakauraya vanhu vakawanda zvikuru kubvira paHondo Yenyika II. Kunyange zvazvo rugare rwakaziviswa zviri pamutemo muna 2003, chisimba chinokonzerwa norudzi chinoramba chichitambudza vaKivu. 