The Rwandan- and Ugandan-backed rebels won the first war (1996–97), installing Laurent-Désiré Kabila as president in place of dictator Mobutu and renaming the country as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
盧旺達和烏干達支持的叛亂分子贏得了第一場戰爭（1996-97），扶植洛朗-德西雷·卡比拉登上總統之位，取代獨裁者蒙博托，並更改國名為「剛果民主共和國」（DRC）。