| 6,050,864 |
-2.92028 |
23.7722 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Protesters riot to protest against inflation and demand democratic reforms. Police fire on the crowds, killing 3. Similar riots occur in other towns, but their names are not known. |
| 6,050,871 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Government employees strike to demand pay increases to cope with inflation. |
| 6,050,877 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Pro-government militants and military forces attack the headquarters of an opposition party, killing 2. |
| 6,050,887 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
3000 paratroopers mutiny because they haven't been paid in several months. They enter the capital and begin looting. Violent riots and marches spread out from the capital. |
| 6,050,895 |
-10.7167 |
25.4667 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
3000 paratroopers mutiny because they haven't been paid in several months. They enter the capital and begin looting. Violent riots and marches spread out from the capital. |
| 6,050,900 |
-11.6626 |
27.4797 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
3000 paratroopers mutiny because they haven't been paid in several months. They enter the capital and begin looting. Violent riots and marches spread out from the capital. |
| 6,050,905 |
.51928502 |
25.1961 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
3000 paratroopers mutiny because they haven't been paid in several months. They enter the capital and begin looting. Violent riots and marches spread out from the capital. |
| 6,050,910 |
-8.4419003 |
24.5926 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
3000 paratroopers mutiny because they haven't been paid in several months. They enter the capital and begin looting. Violent riots and marches spread out from the capital. |
| 6,050,917 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Doctors at Kinshasa's largest hospital strike after government soldiers enforcing a curfew loot the home of one of their colleagues. |
| 6,050,922 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
About 20 opponents of the Mobutu regime force their way into his marble palace and disrupt democracy talks. They claim they will kill an opposition leader if he agrees to become Mobutu's prime minister. |
| 6,050,928 |
-2.92028 |
23.7722 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Doctors strike to demand higher wages and the resumption of a national conference on democracy. Nurses and other medical personnel join them in January 1992. |
| 6,050,936 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Supporters of an opposition politician burn the homes of Mobutu supporters and clash with troops. Troops use tear gas and bullets to crush the demonstrators. At least one person dies. |
| 6,050,946 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Mobutu fires the new prime minister. When news breaks, thousands of anti-Mobutu activists take to the streets of Kinshasa and riot. Several groups of anti-Mobutu protesters gather outside the French and Belgian embassies |
| 6,050,954 |
-11.6626 |
27.4797 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Mobutu fires the new prime minister. When news breaks, thousands of anti-Mobutu activists take to the streets of Kinshasa and riot. Several groups of anti-Mobutu protesters gather outside the French and Belgian embassies |
| 6,050,960 |
-10.981 |
26.733 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Mobutu fires the new prime minister. When news breaks, thousands of anti-Mobutu activists take to the streets of Kinshasa and riot. Several groups of anti-Mobutu protesters gather outside the French and Belgian embassies |
| 6,050,966 |
-5.2521 |
14.8691 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Mobutu fires the new prime minister. When news breaks, thousands of anti-Mobutu activists take to the streets of Kinshasa and riot. Several groups of anti-Mobutu protesters gather outside the French and Belgian embassies |
| 6,050,972 |
-5.23 |
12.57 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Mobutu fires the new prime minister. When news breaks, thousands of anti-Mobutu activists take to the streets of Kinshasa and riot. Several groups of anti-Mobutu protesters gather outside the French and Belgian embassies |
| 6,050,978 |
-5.8499999 |
13.05 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Mobutu fires the new prime minister. When news breaks, thousands of anti-Mobutu activists take to the streets of Kinshasa and riot. Several groups of anti-Mobutu protesters gather outside the French and Belgian embassies |
| 6,050,984 |
-5.9333 |
12.35 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Mobutu fires the new prime minister. When news breaks, thousands of anti-Mobutu activists take to the streets of Kinshasa and riot. Several groups of anti-Mobutu protesters gather outside the French and Belgian embassies |
| 6,050,990 |
-7.9127998 |
26.7486 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Mobutu fires the new prime minister. When news breaks, thousands of anti-Mobutu activists take to the streets of Kinshasa and riot. Several groups of anti-Mobutu protesters gather outside the French and Belgian embassies |
| 6,050,998 |
.51928502 |
25.1961 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Armed attackers invade the home of Monsignor Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya. |
| 6,051,004 |
-11.6626 |
27.4797 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Zambia begins a crackdown on illegal Zairian immigrants. Fearing that the same will happen to them, illegal Zambians in Zaire riot outside the Zambian embassy. |
| 6,051,011 |
-5.8173599 |
13.4708 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Port workers strike to demand democratic reforms. The strikers dismantle part of the road connecting Matadi to Kinshasa, triggering a food crisis in the capital. |
| 6,051,017 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Sporadic protests occur outside the Bank of Zaire and the ministries of foreign affairs and justice as a result of a food shortage caused by an ongoing strike in Matadi. |
| 6,051,022 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
A Christian church led march demands democratization and the re-opening of a democracy conference. Soldiers open fire. Deaths include a member of the elite Civil Guard. |
| 6,051,028 |
-8.4419003 |
24.5926 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Soldier led looting and violence in Kamina. |
| 6,051,033 |
2.8935699 |
30.871201 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Soldiers rampage in eastern Zaire. Thousands of refugees flee into Uganda. At least 2 die when Ugandans cross the border to assist. |
| 6,051,038 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Thousands of people pour into the streets to protest in favor of democracy after Mobutu names Etienne Tshisekedi as prime minister. |
| 6,051,044 |
-9 |
26 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Ethnic riots lead to 8 deaths. The riots occur after Etienne Tshisekedi is elected prime minister over regional native Nguz Karl-i-Bond, who said after his defeat that the province would go into opposition. |
| 6,051,052 |
-10.9833 |
26.733299 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Ethnic riots between Katangas and Kasais (Balubas). Violence connected to the election of Etienne Tshisekedi, a Baluba, as prime minister over Katanga/Shaba native Nguzo Karl-i-Bond. |
| 6,051,057 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Protesters demonstrate against the issuance of five million Zaire banknote that the government has already demonetized. |
| 6,051,062 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Protesters riot, calling for the ouster of Mobutu. Military forces fire into the crowd, killing 5. |
| 6,051,068 |
-1.6792001 |
29.222799 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Soldiers riot and loot in Goma to protest over back pay. |
| 6,051,073 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
The Holy Alliance, a grouping of opposition parties, launches a general strike to protest the Mobutu dictatorship. |
| 6,051,080 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Riots and factional fighting. Soldiers riot, loot, and clash with troops loyal to Mobutu. They are angry that they are being paid in 5 million Zaire bank notes printed to keep up with hyperinflation. Stray gunfire kills the French ambassador |
| 6,051,090 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Government soldiers fire a rocket into the home of an opposition leader's son, killing him. |
| 6,051,096 |
-3.42028 |
23.2722 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Some 52 unarmed civilians are reportedly shot dead by Mobutu's elite guard. |
| 6,051,102 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Troops from Mobutu's special presidential guard back by tanks surround the National Assembly to demand that bank notes issued by Mobutu are accepted as legal currency. They later surround the home of the interim prime minister. |
| 6,051,108 |
-9 |
26 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Ethnic clashes. Deaths are estimated. Thousands die in ethnic clashes between Katangas and Balubas arising from Katangan support for an ousted prime minister and Baluba support for another. A continuation of clashes in 1992. |
| 6,051,114 |
-1.42967 |
28.0742 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Ethnic clashes over land and national rights. Members of the Nyanga and Hunde tribes indigenous to Zaire attack Hutus and Tutsis from Rwanda. |
| 6,051,123 |
-1.3989 |
28.8113 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Ethnic clashes over land and national rights. Members of the Nyanga and Hunde tribes indigenous to Zaire attack Hutus and Tutsis from Rwanda. |
| 6,051,130 |
-4.3249998 |
15.3222 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Soldiers attack a rally for an opposition political party. 4 are killed. |
| 6,051,136 |
2.1500001 |
21.516701 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Hundreds of soldiers riot and loot. Further details unknown. |
| 6,051,141 |
-1.33215 |
17.118401 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Soldiers explode a grenade in an open air market, killing 3. |
| 6,051,146 |
.59500003 |
29.497 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Rebels fighting to overthrow the government stage an attack. |
| 6,051,152 |
-1.6792001 |
29.222799 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Rwandan refugees stampede as they flee from Tutsi rebels into Zaire. Up to 50 die. |
| 6,051,159 |
-1.6792001 |
29.222799 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Two soldiers are killed by outraged refugees frustrated by robbery. |
| 6,051,164 |
-1.6792001 |
29.222799 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
A Zairian paratrooper kills a moneychanger, triggering riots in protest. |
| 6,051,169 |
-3 |
28.469999 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Riots occur in refugee camps over food delivery and thefts by machete wielding gangs. |
| 6,051,366 |
-3 |
28.4667 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
|
Unknown gunmen attack a Red Cross warehouse. |
