List of events
The following lists events that happened during 1997 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Incumbents
Events
Date
event
16 May
First Congo War concludes when forces under Laurent-Désiré Kabila enter Kinshasa
17 May
Zaire is renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. Bank of Zaire becomes Central Bank of the Congo
27 May
Decree Law No. 3 defines a structure with a president, government, courts and tribunals.
29 May
Kabila announces schedule for the transition to democracy. Elections are to be held in May 1999.
1 July
Ismail Tutu'emoto and Bunia Luminangulu disappear. They had returned from exile to support the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL), but had criticized Kabila, which seems to have led to their arrest.
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 the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS).
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