Congo-Kinshasa

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Congo, formerly Zaire.

Congo-Kinshasa, officially the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is a country in Central Africa. It was originally a colony of Belgium, when it was known as the Belgian Congo, after which it became for a while 'Zaïre'. Its capital is Kinshasa.