ABSTRACT
Kasavubu forced Tshombe to step down and then was deposed himself in a second coup headed by Mobutu. Upon seizing power, Mobutu suppressed all political parties other than his own, nationalized many foreign companies, including the Union Minière, a Belgian mining operation, and declared that all Congolese had to adopt African names. To lead the way, he renamed the country the Republic of Zaire and himself Mobutu Sese Seko.
