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Article: Democratic Republic of the Congo.(A)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 21, 1997
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The Washington Times will conform with the style of other news organizations by adopting the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the new name for Zaire.
Zaire's new ruler, Laurent Kabila, has renamed his country the Democratic Republic of the Congo, creating two neighboring nations - each with Congo in its name: The former Zaire, with its capital at Kinshasa, and the Republic of Congo, across the river from the former Zaire. Its capital is Brazzaville.
Zaire is the former Belgian Congo, ruled by Belgium until 1960. It became the Republic of the Congo at independence in 1960, ...