In 1997, this country changed its name after Laurent Kabila ousted dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
A war in this country was where the leader of a coup attempt in the Seychelles, Mike Hoare, first gained prominence. Many nationalist leaders in this modern country were part of the évolué middle class. An Adam Hochschild book titled for a king's ghost documents crimes in this country's colonial predecessor, which was also the subject of the (*) Casement Report. In 1960, this country's first prime minister, Patrice Lumumba, was shot in its breakaway region of Katanga. In 1997, this country changed its name after Laurent Kabila ousted dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Belgium once colonized—for 10 points—what large Central African country with capital Kinshasa?
A war in this country was where the leader of a coup attempt in the Seychelles, Mike Hoare, first gained prominence.
Democratic Republic of the Congo [or DRC; or Congo-Kinshasa; accept Zaire; accept Congo Free State; prompt on just Congo; do not accept or prompt on “Republic of the Congo”] (The Hochschild book is King Leopold’s Ghost.) &lt;MK/JR&gt;