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The former Republic of Zaire became the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on May 16, 1997. DRC had been called the Congo Free State from 1885 to 1908, the Belgian Congo from 1908 to 1960, the Republic of the Congo from 1960 to 1964, the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1964 to 1971, and the Republic of Zaire from 1971 until 1997.
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