 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Mobutu akatonga kusvika 1997, apo mushure mekuuraya vanhu muRwanda muna 1994, genocide zhinji dzakapukunyuka mhiri kwemuganhu wokumadokero weRwanda kupinda muDRC netariro yokupukunyuka kutsoropodzwa. Mapoka evapanduki vechiHutu akavandudzwa mhiri kwemuganhu, kunyanya muKivu, nharaunda iri kumabvazuva kweDemocratic Republic of Congo, ichiunza mhosva nemhirizhonga kuDemocratic Republic of Congo. Kupinda uku kwevarwi nokurwa muBurundi kwakatungamirira kuHondo yeKongo Yokutanga nokupera kwehurumende yaMobutu. Vachikurudzirwa nemhirizhonga, Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo AFDL, yaitungamirirwa naLaurent Kabila, yakatanga kupandukira hurumende yaMobutu muna 1996 kumabvazuva kwenyika. 