-
October 1971. When,
under the authenticité
policy of the
early 1970s,
Zairians were
obliged to
adopt "authentic"
African names rather than
European monikers...
- "the
great lightning offensive",
according to
Zairean announcements. The
Zairians were
reinforced by 6,000
Rwandan Hutu
Interahamwe or
former members of...
-
Linafoot and the
national team. The
organisation was
previously named the
Zairian ****ociation
Football Federation (French: Fédération Zaïroise de Football...
-
renaming of the Congo, and its cities, as well as an
eventual mandate that
Zairians were to
abandon their Christian names for more "authentic" ones. In addition...
- as part of his authenticité
programme in Zaire,
between 1972 and 1990.
Zairians were
banned from
wearing Western-style
suits with
shirt and tie to symbolise...
-
announced his
intention to "radicalize the
Zairian revolution". The
businesses that
Mobutu had just
handed over to
Zairians were in turn
nationalized and placed...
-
years of war and underfunding. The
FARDC has been a mix of the
former Zairian armed forces,
integrated rebel groups from the
Second Congo War, and militias...
-
conflict intensified in 1972 when, as part of the
authenticity campaign, all
Zairians were
ordered to drop
their Christian baptismal names and
adopt African...
-
nationalism in the
Democratic Republic of the
Congo was also for a time
known as
Zairian nationalism during the rule of
Mobutu Sese Seko.
Congolese nationalism...
-
Kissinger was
involved in
furthering cooperation between the U.S. and the
Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko and held
multiple meetings with him. Kissinger...
