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Mobutu Sese Seko, the President of Zaire, flees the country.
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President of DR Congo and Zaire from 1965 to 1997
Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu wa za Banga, often shortened to Mobutu Sese Seko or Mobutu and also known by his initials MSS, was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997. Previously, Mobutu served as the second…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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Country in Central Africa (1971–1997)
Zaire, officially the Republic of Zaire, 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…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)