Mobutu Sese Seko
General Joseph Mobutu
There was NO "longtime dictator of the Belgian Congo". -When Belgium gave the Congo independence in 1960 it ceased to be Belgian Congo and became Katanga in the south and Congo Republic in the north. - Soon after independence, Joseph Mobuto took over the whole country and renamed it Zaire. Mobuto may be the dictator you are thinking of.
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1997
The Democratic Republic of Congo is the new name for Zaire
In 1965, Mobutu Sese Seko took control. He renamed the country Zaire and rules intil 1997. Zaire had rich miniral resources, but Mobutus corrupt rule made the country poor.
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Zaire
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The answer is Zaire is to Africa, because Italy is a country in Europe, and Zaire(Democratic Republic of Congo) is a country in Africa
Currently, they're called Congolese, as Zaire has since been renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zairean is what they were previously called.
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