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The following lists events that happened during 1995 in Zaire .
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The following lists events that happened during 1995 in Zaire .
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| FC Les Anges (later called FC MK Etanchéité, FC Max Mokey), a football club, is founded in Kinshasa. [1] | |
| Munzihirwa Centre is founded by the Society of Jesus in Kinshasa. | |
| Late in the year there is a sharp rise in violence in North Kivu, with Zairian soldiers and various rival militia groups involved. The well armed and organized Hutu militias generally have the upper hand. Thousands of Tutsi are forced to flee to Rwanda. [2] | |
| November | Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Zaïrois is dissolved and operation of the Zaire railways is ceded to the newly formed Sizarail. [3] |
Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1997. Zaire was located in Central Africa and was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa, and the 11th-largest country in the world. With a population of over 23 million inhabitants, Zaire was the most populous officially Francophone country in Africa, as well as one of the most populous in Africa.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as Congo-Kinshasa, is a country in Central Africa. By land area, the DRC is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population of around 112 million, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most populous officially Francophone country in the world. The national capital and largest city is Kinshasa, which is also the economic center. The country is bordered by the Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, the Cabinda exclave of Angola and the South Atlantic Ocean.
The DR Congo national football team, recognised by FIFA as Congo DR, represents the Democratic Republic of the Congo in men's international football and it is controlled by the Congolese Association Football Federation. They are nicknamed Les Léopards, meaning: The Leopards. The team is a member of FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF).
The Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Zaïrois (SNCZ) was the state railway company in Zaire formed in 1974 by combining several privately owned railways. It suffered from lack of maintenance of the tracks and rolling stock, weak management, and external factors such as the Angolan Civil War and the collapse of the economy of Zaire under President Mobutu Sese Seko. Despite two projects funded by the World Bank, it had virtually ceased to function by the 1990s. It was replaced in 1995 by the short-lived private company SIZARAIL, which in turn was replaced by the present Société nationale des chemins de fer du Congo.
The Baboa people are an ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. They speak the Bwa language.
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Zairian Civil Guard was a militarised police force in Zaire, created to support the regime of Mobutu Sese Seko.
Sizarail was a railway company formed by foreign investors that briefly operated the railway network in Zaire between 1996 and 1997. It took over from the state-owned operator in an attempt to revive the railway, which had virtually ceased to operate despite being a critical source of revenue from mineral exports. Operations quickly improved, and the company earned a small profit in the first year. However, advancing rebel forces closed it down and re-nationalized the railway.
The following lists events that happened during 1939 in the Belgian Congo.
The following lists events that happened during 1894 in the Congo Free State.
The following lists events that happened during 1958 in the Belgian Congo.
The following lists events that happened during 1929 in the Belgian Congo.
The following lists events that happened during 1948 in the Belgian Congo.
The following lists events that happened during 1955 in the Belgian Congo.
The following lists events that happened during 1961 in the Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville).
The following lists events that happened during 1968 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The following lists events that happened during 1984 in Zaire.
The following lists events that happened during 1993 in Zaire.
The following lists events that happened during 1994 in Zaire.
