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| See also: | Other events of 1997 History of the DRC 1997 in Zaire | ||||
The following lists events that happened during1997 in theDemocratic Republic of the Congo.
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| 16 May | First Congo War concludes when forces underLaurent-Désiré Kabila enterKinshasa |
| 17 May | Zaire is renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bank of Zaire becomesCentral Bank of the Congo |
| 27 May | Decree Law No. 3 defines a structure with a president, government, courts and tribunals.[1] |
| 29 May | Kabila announces schedule for the transition to democracy. Elections are to be held in May 1999.[1] |
| 1 July | Ismail Tutu'emoto and Bunia Luminangulu disappear. They had returned from exile to support theAlliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL), but had criticized Kabila, which seems to have led to their arrest.[1] |
| 28 October | Professor Kalele Ka Bila and Jean-Francois Kabanda are arrested for calling on citizens to overthrow the "Tutsi invaders". Both were supporters of theUnion for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS).[1] |
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