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The Democratic Republic of the Congo is renamed Zaire.

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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Country in Central Africa

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply The Congo, or more infrequently Zaire is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is the second-largest country in Africa and the 11th-largest in the world. With a population…
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Zaire

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…
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