Zaire was the name of the country now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from 1971 to 1997, under the rule of Mobutu Sese Seko. In 1997, after Mobutu’s overthrow, the country reverted to its former name: Congo, officially called the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Congo is the new name of?
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