Zaire

Congolese politician and military officer, the first and only president of Zaire from 1971 to 1997 (1930 – 1997)

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Zaïre, officially the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1965 to 1971 and Republic of Zaïre from 1971, was a country in Central Africa headed by Mobutu Sese Seko from 1965 to 1997. 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 1991. With a population of over 23 million, Zaïre was the most populous Francophone country in Africa. Zaïre was strategically important to the West during the Cold War, particularly the U.S., as a counterbalance to Soviet influence in Africa. The U.S. and its allies supported the M

currency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and then of the Republic of Zaire from 1967 until 1997

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was the national anthem of Zaire (which became the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997)

Democratic Republic of the Congo politician (1938-2003)

Congolese left-wing armed opposition group and political party that was founded by rebels of Katangese origin and composed of former members of the Katangese Gendarmerie which was active mainly in Angola and Zaire during the 1970s

thumb|Mobutu (left), wearing a long-sleeved abacost and "Mobutu Hat" with Caspar Weinberger|Caspar W. Weinberger (right), wearing a Western lounge suit, during a state visit to the [[United States in 1983]] The abacost, a blending of the French "à bas le costume" (), was the distinctive clothing for men that was promoted by Mobutu Sese Seko as part of his authenticité programme in Zaire, between 1972 and 1990. Zairians were banned from wearing Western-style suits with shirt and tie to symbolise the break with their colonial past. The abacost was a lightweight suit, worn without a tie, though s

thumb|The flag of Zaire is a symbol of Mobutism.

The Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (), also known by the French acronym AFDL, was a coalition of armed movements and political organizations composed of Rwandan, Ugandan, Burundian, and Congolese dissidents, and various disaffected ethnic and political groups. Formed on 18 October 1996, the AFDL launched a military campaign that culminated in the overthrow of President Mobutu Sese Seko and the ascension of Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power in May 1997, which then marked the end of the First Congo War. Although the group was successful in overthrowing Mobutu, the allianc

official state ideology initiated in the former Republic of Zaire (current Democratic Republic of the Congo) by Mobutu Sese Seko starting in 1965

defunct national airline of Zaire

Moseka is a 1971 documentary film.

open-air amphitheater in the Ngaliema commune of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

The term Genocost means genocide for economic gains. "A regime of destruction of a population through the systemic economic exploitation of its vital resources, the disintegration of its socioeconomic structures, and durable harms to its environment, when such effects are willed, known, or accepted as a necessary cost of profit or geoeconomic domination". The expression, referring to the human, social, and economic cost of armed conflicts linked to the exploitation of natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has been incorporated into the national legal framework. Law No. 22/

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