The most unfortunate countries Sudan, Zaire, Liberia, Burundi, Rwanda, Somalia suffered war and collapse.
Disposing of their mineral bonanza presents the about-to-be-rulers of Zaire with their biggest long-term decision.
One of his main problems is that many of his men are Tutsis from eastern Zaire.
Notre Dame also has Andrew Hendrix, a senior with no starts, and freshman Malik Zaire at quarterback.
He has been on missions in Liberia, Yemen and Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The crew couldn't make contact with the landing strip at Goma on what was then the Rwanda-Zaire border.
Potentially, Zaire is the biggest prize since the new mining scramble for Africa started some four years ago.
However, the Zaire-born Frenchman has extended his stay in West London until 2009, when he will be 36.
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The "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire is remembered as one of the greatest fights of all time.
The U.S. mission will not include disarming militants or forcing entry in Zaire.
He wants the moms who care more about the kids schools and soccer scores than Mobutus flight from Zaire.
What exactly should President Kabila, having conquered Zaire and renamed it Congo, put at the top of his agenda?
But Zaire's best hope, albeit a fragile one, lies in a fresh start.
Zaire will almost certainly follow suit, opening an opportunity for cross-border mining co-operation.
The hollowing out of Zaire is nowhere more apparent than in the economy.
So I told her about a man I used to employ in eastern Zaire as a local guide and translator.
Neither prostates nor the smaller 10, 000 new zaire notes will get you far in the diamond-rich province of East Kasai.
Those million-zaire notes they scoff at trade in Lubumbashi, the capital of Shaba province, at only 300, 000 to the dollar.
The Rwandans are the soldiers of the former Hutu government who fled to Zaire, together with genuine refugees, in 1994.
The Ebola virus was first detected in 1976 in the central African nation of Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo).
The rebels needed cash, and men from the world's mining houses were lining up outside their headquarters in Goma, in eastern Zaire.
Over the past six weeks, rebels have overrun a wide swath of territory in eastern Zaire that stretches nearly 300 miles (480 km).
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Auctioning diamonds works well in good times, but the price of Zaire's mainly low quality stones has dropped recently and will go lower.
It is feared that this looting could spread across the Zaire river to Brazzaville, in Congo, where Kinshasa's rich have set themselves up.
Rebels in Zaire captured the diamond mining town of Mbuji-Mayi and Lubumbashi, Zaire's second city, before giving President Mobutu three days to step down.
KINSHASA, Zaire (CNN) -- Like bales of hay, they were being rounded up and tossed into the pickup truck when we arrived at the clinic.
Ebola was first identified in equatorial Sudan following significant outbreaks in northern Zaire (now Democratic Republic of Congo) and southern Sudan in the mid 1970s.
If the rebels who have conquered eastern Zaire succeed in toppling Mr Mobutu's government, one of their first tasks will be to introduce yet another currency.
Copper-market analysts believe that Zaire's high-grade ore could help create a world surplus of copper by the end of the decade, and bring prices down heavily.
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