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Zaire was renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo after Mobutu’s ouster on this day in 1997

Published on: Friday 17 May 2019

Zaire was renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo after Mobutu’s ouster on this day in 1997 On this day in 1997, the Republic of Zaire was renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after Ex-President and dictator Mobutu Sese Seko was ousted from power by Laurent-Désiré Kabila in ...


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