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The flag changed again when the country was renamed Zaire in 1971. The Zairean flag was created as part of Mobutu's attempted re-Africanization of the nation and was used officially until Mobutu's overthrow in the First Congo War. The flag of Zaire was also used as the political-party flag of the Popular Movement of the Revolution, led by
Flag of Party of the People's Revolution: 2006–present: Flag of National Congress for the Defence of the People: The design of this flag resembles the flag of Zaire. 1996–present: Flag of Allied Democratic Forces: 2014–present: Flag of Nduma Defense of Congo-Renovated: 2000–present: Flag of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda ...
Flag of CNDP (from History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo) Image 16 Children mutilated during King Leopold II's rule (from History of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ) Image 17 Patrice Lumumba , first democratically elected Prime Minister of the Congo-Léopoldville , was murdered by Belgian-supported Katangan separatists in 1961.
Zaire, [c] officially the Republic of Zaire, [d] was the name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 18 May 1997. Located in Central Africa, it was, by area, the third-largest country in Africa after Sudan and Algeria, and the 11th-largest country in the world from 1965 to 1997.
The DRC is widely considered one of the world's richest countries in natural resources; its untapped deposits of raw minerals are estimated to be worth in excess of US$24 trillion. [183] [184] [185] The DRC has 70% of the world's coltan, a third of its cobalt, more than 30% of its diamond reserves, and a tenth of its copper. [186] [187]
The earliest known human settlements in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been dated back to the Middle Stone Age, approximately 90,000 years ago.The first real states, such as the Kongo, the Lunda, the Luba and Kuba, appeared south of the equatorial forest on the savannah from the 14th century onwards.
In the middle is a yellow star, above which there are six smaller stars. This coat of arms was introduced along with the flag. An even older arms from 1971 to 1997, when the nation was known as Zaire, depicted a leopard head, below it a pair of crossed spears, around it a branch and an elephant tusk.
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