The following lists events that happened during 1968 in the Democratic Republic of the Congo .
Incumbents
Events
Date
event
Zairetain acquires Géomines .
First Soviet ambassador arrives and presents his credentials.
March
Rwanda and Congo-Kinshasa sign an agreement that allows repatriation of mercenaries who had fought in the recent conflict by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
9 August
Jonas Mukamba Kadiata Nzemba (b. 1931) becomes governor of Haut-Zaïre Province .
2 October
Pierre Mulele and Théodore Bengila , who have returned under an amnesty, are arrested and murdered by ANC officers.
References
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