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[[Image:Congo 1.png|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Congo 1.png/credit|{{Congo 1.png/credit}}<br/>|}} Congo, formerly Zaire.]]
[[Image:Congo 1.png|right|thumb|350px|{{#ifexist:Template:Congo 1.png/credit|{{Congo 1.png/credit}}<br/>|}} Congo, formerly Zaire.]]


'''Congo-Kinshasa''', officially the '''Democratic Republic of the Congo''', 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]].
'''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]].

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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.