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Why was the democratic republic of Congo renamed “Zaire”?

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The Democratic Republic of the Congo, changed BACK from Zaire to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as a result of General Laurent Kabila taking control of Zaire, thus returning the name to the Democratic Republic of Congo, which it had been previously named prior to 1971

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