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The Republic of Zaire was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between October 27, 1971, and May 17, 1997. The name of Zaire derives from the Portuguese: Zaire, itself a mispronunciation of the Kongo word nzere or nzadi, or “the river that swallows all rivers”)[1] and is often—inaccurately—still used to refer to that state.

Unrest and rebellion plagued the government until 1965, when Lieutenant General Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, by then commander-in-chief of the national army, seized control of the country and declared himself president for five years. Mobutu quickly consolidated his power and was elected unopposed as president in 1970.

The country’s post-independence name Republic of the Congo was used from 1960 until 1964,[2] when it was changed to Democratic Republic of the Congo, to distinguish it from the neighboring Republic of the Congo.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html