<P> Zaire ( / zɑːˈɪər / ) , officially the Republic of Zaire ( French : République du Zaïre ; French pronunciation : ​ ( za. iʁ ) ) , was the name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo that existed between 1971 and 1997 in Central Africa . The country was a one - party totalitarian dictatorship , run by Mobutu Sese Seko and his ruling Popular Movement of the Revolution party . Zaire was established following Mobutu 's seizure of power in a military coup in 1965 , following five years of political upheaval following independence known as the Congo Crisis . Zaire had a strongly centralist constitution and foreign assets were nationalised . The period is sometimes referred to as the Second Congolese Republic . </P>
<P> Zaire ( / zɑːˈɪər / ) , officially the Republic of Zaire ( French : République du Zaïre ; French pronunciation : ​ ( za. iʁ ) ) , was the name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo that existed between 1971 and 1997 in Central Africa . The country was a one - party totalitarian dictatorship , run by Mobutu Sese Seko and his ruling Popular Movement of the Revolution party . Zaire was established following Mobutu 's seizure of power in a military coup in 1965 , following five years of political upheaval following independence known as the Congo Crisis . Zaire had a strongly centralist constitution and foreign assets were nationalised . The period is sometimes referred to as the Second Congolese Republic . </P>
zaire is the former name of which african nation
zaire is the former name of which african nation
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
the Democratic Republic of the Congo