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Bookmark or Share- Democratic Republic of the Congo - Encyclopedia BritannicaFrom 1971 to 1997 the country was officially the Republic of Zaire, a change made by then ruler Gen. Mobutu Sese Seko to give the country what he thought was a more authentic African name.
- Zaire - WikipediaZaire, [c] officially the Republic of Zaire, [d] was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-largest country in the world from 1965 to 1997.
- Zaire - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaZaire, officially the Republic of Zaire (French: République du Zaïre) was the name of a country that is now called the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It used this name from 27 November 1971 to 17 May 1997.
- Which Country Was Formerly Called Zaire? - WorldAtlasZaire was a one-party state that was governed as a totalitarian dictatorship by Mobutu Sese Seko who seized power in 1965 following a military coup preceded by a civil war. In the early 1990s, the Rwandan genocide destabilized eastern Zaire as rival factions began amassing weapons and preparing for ethnic violence.
- Zaire Definition & Meaning - Merriam-WebsterThe meaning of ZAIRE is the basic monetary unit of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1967—71) and of Zaire (1971—96).
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