| Former official name (1971-1997 for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5) |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo, before 1997 |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Jul 2025 |
| Former name of Democratic Republic of the Congo (5) |
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| Zulu mostly broadcast in former African country |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
27 May 2025 |
| Republic of the Congo, formerly |
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| DRC's former name |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo, once |
New York Times |
19 Apr 2025 |
| CAF nation (former name); 1974 FIFA World Cup debutants (5) |
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| CAF nation; 1974 FIFA World Cup debutants (5) |
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| African river longer than an English one (5) |
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| Erstwhile neighbor of Burundi |
Newsday |
28 Dec 2024 |
| Former official name (1971-97) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (5) |
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| Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Dec 2024 |
| Somewhere in Africa, extremists in Zambia rage (5) |
The Guardian Quiptic |
08 Dec 2024 |
| The Democratic Republic of the Congo, pre-1997 |
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| Old name of the Congo |
Premier Sunday |
17 Nov 2024 |
| African country with a middle-sized river |
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| Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
New York Times |
12 Nov 2024 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo's previous name |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo, before 1997 |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Oct 2024 |
| Large African river or middle-sized English one |
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| Democratic Republic of Congo's former name |
The Times Concise |
02 Aug 2024 |
| Belgian Congo |
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| Country whose capital is Kinshasa (5) |
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| Where putting the finish before the start leads to anger! (5) |
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| Where, formerly, putting the finish before the start led to anger! (5) |
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| Official name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 1997 (5) |
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| Democratic Republic of Congo |
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| The name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971 to 1997 (5) |
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| DRC formerly (5) |
The Telegraph Plusword |
03 Jun 2024 |
| 0ld country dwelling in Ibiza I renovated (5) |
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| Old African country with a middle-sized river (5) |
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| Former republic's unknown northern river (5) |
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| Name, from 1971-97, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Mirror Quiz |
11 Apr 2024 |
| Former African country, and its currency |
New York Times |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Former name for the Democratic Republic of Congo (5) |
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| Name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1971-97 (5) |
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| Former name of the Belgian Congo (5) |
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| Ezra, I calculate, was in Africa (5) |
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| Former Congo name |
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| Congo-Kinshasa, formerly |
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| Name, from 1971-97, of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Mirror Quiz |
02 Dec 2023 |
| African nation renamed in 1997 |
Premier Sunday |
19 Nov 2023 |
| Name on African maps from 1971 to 1997 |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Aug 2023 |
| African nation renamed in '97 |
Newsday |
18 May 2023 |
| Former name of Kinshasa's country |
LA Times Daily |
19 Apr 2023 |
| Former name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
USA Today |
05 Apr 2023 |
| Former name of the Congo |
LA Times Daily |
08 Feb 2023 |
| "Rumble in the Jungle" locale |
LA Times Daily |
22 Jan 2023 |
| African state from 1971-'97 |
Universal |
05 Dec 2022 |
| Former African country name |
The Times Concise |
01 Dec 2022 |
| Former name of the second-largest country in Africa |
New York Times |
07 Oct 2022 |
| Belgian central African colony until 1960 |
The Guardian Quick |
28 Jul 2022 |
| Former name of a Tanzanian neighbor |
Newsday |
21 Jul 2022 |
| Congo's former name |
Thomas Joseph |
27 May 2022 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo, once |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2021 |
| Congo's former name |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Oct 2021 |
| Former name of Africa's Congo |
Family Time |
30 Aug 2021 |
| The Congo, formerly |
The Washington Post |
25 May 2021 |
| The Congo, formerly |
LA Times Daily |
25 May 2021 |
| Republic of central Africa |
The Guardian Speedy |
11 Apr 2021 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo, once |
Universal |
18 Mar 2021 |
| African nation's former name |
Newsday |
12 Feb 2021 |
| The Congo, before 1997 |
USA Today |
06 Jan 2021 |
| Locale of 1974's Rumble in the Jungle |
New York Times |
23 Dec 2020 |
| Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Wall Street Journal |
14 Dec 2020 |
| Locale of Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" |
Premier Sunday |
22 Nov 2020 |
| Former name of the Congo |
The Washington Post |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Former name of the Congo |
LA Times Daily |
27 Aug 2020 |
| Former name of sub-Saharan Africa's largest country |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2020 |
| All the letters sent back to this country in Africa |
Irish Times Crosaire |
14 Jul 2020 |
| Congo's former name |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jul 2020 |
| Rumble in the Jungle setting |
The Washington Post |
17 May 2020 |
| Rumble in the Jungle setting |
LA Times Daily |
17 May 2020 |
| Wild zebra, striped in the middle (not black) somewhere in Africa |
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| Kinshasa's country, formerly |
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| Rumble in the Jungle setting |
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| Rumble in the Jungle setting |
New York Times |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Publish last letter first on European country |
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| Angola's northern neighbor, once |
New York Times |
08 Aug 2019 |
| Nation west of Rwanda, formerly |
Wall Street Journal |
04 Jun 2019 |
| 'Rumble in the Jungle' setting |
Wall Street Journal |
23 Mar 2019 |
| The Congo, formerly |
USA Today |
21 Mar 2019 |
| Former name of DRC |
The Telegraph Quick |
05 Jan 2019 |
| The Congo, formerly |
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| The Congo, formerly |
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| Nation west of Rwanda, formerly |
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| "Rumble in the Jungle" setting |
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| Angola's northern neighbor, once |
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| Former African country name |
The Times Concise |
08 Nov 2018 |
| Where Ali won his 1974 world heavyweight title |
New York Times |
19 Jul 2018 |
| Congo, now |
Universal |
06 Jun 2018 |
| African nation |
Universal |
12 Apr 2018 |
| Site of a 1974 fight won by 40-Across |
New York Times |
03 Mar 2018 |
| Old country with two sharp bends on river |
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| Congo, now |
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| Former name of the Congo |
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| Where Ali won his 1974 world heavyweight title |
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| Site of a 1974 fight won by 40-Across |
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| African nation |
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| African nation where Ali KO'd Foreman |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2017 |
| "Rumble in the Jungle" locale |
Universal |
14 Nov 2017 |
| Country, once unknown, almost made known |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Oct 2017 |
| Mobutu Sese Seko's nation |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2017 |
| Kinshasa's land, formerly |
USA Today |
10 Feb 2017 |
| Congo's former name |
Newsday |
29 Jan 2017 |
| "Rumble in the Jungle" locale |
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| Kinshasa's land, formerly |
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| African nation where Ali KO'd Foreman |
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| Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
13 Nov 2016 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly |
The Guardian Quick |
05 Nov 2016 |
| '70s-'90s African state |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2016 |
| It's now the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Irish Times Simplex |
27 Aug 2016 |
| Kinshasa's country, during Mobutu's rule |
The Washington Post |
24 Aug 2016 |
| Congo, formerly |
LA Times Daily |
13 Jun 2016 |
| Scene of 'The Rumble in the Jungle' |
The Washington Post |
25 May 2016 |
| African nation renamed in 1997 |
New York Times |
18 May 2016 |
| Congo's old name |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Apr 2016 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Feb 2016 |
| Where Ali fought Foreman |
Newsday |
05 Feb 2016 |
| Former African republic |
The Telegraph Quick |
22 Jan 2016 |
| '70s-'90s Angola neighbor |
LA Times Daily |
16 Jan 2016 |
| Tanzania neighbor, formerly |
Newsday |
03 Jan 2016 |
| Mobutu's land |
LA Times Daily |
02 Jan 2016 |
| Congo, formerly |
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| Mobutu's land |
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| '70s-'90s African state |
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| '70s-'90s Angola neighbor |
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| Nation renamed in 1997 |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Dec 2015 |
| UN roster name, 1971-97 |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2015 |
| Former name for Congo |
New York Times |
22 Jun 2015 |
| Rumble in the Jungle setting |
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| UN roster name, 1971-97 |
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| Nation renamed in 1997 |
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| Former name for Congo |
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| 1971-97 nation name |
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| Old name of the Congo |
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| African nation from 1971 to 1997 |
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| Congo's name, 1971-1997 |
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| The Congolese franc replaced it |
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| Congo's former name |
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| Mobutu ruled it |
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| Name on some old maps of Africa |
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| Old name for the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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| Former name for Congo |
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| Ali fought there |
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| Congo, once |
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| Ali-Foreman fight locale |
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| Congo, once |
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| Bygone country name or its currency |
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| Kinshasa's country, once |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly |
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| Ali-Foreman fight location |
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| Rumble in the Jungle setting |
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| Former name of a Congolese nation |
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| Setting for the 1996 documentary "When We Were Kings" |
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| Congo, formerly |
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| Old country name or its currency, both dropped in 1997 |
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| "New" currency replaced by the Congolese franc |
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| Congo, from 1971 to 1997 |
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| Country now known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo |
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| Congo, formerly |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo, once |
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| Old name for the Congo |
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| Congo, once |
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| Congo's old name |
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| Rumble in the Jungle setting |
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| African republic from 1971 until 1997 |
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| Congo, once |
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| '70s-'90s Angola neighbor |
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| African nation's former name |
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| 1990s war locale |
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| Site of the 1974 fight known as "The Rumble in the Jungle" |
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| African country renamed in 1997 |
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| Site of the 1974 fight known as "The Rumble in the Jungle" |
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| Old name of Congo |
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| Old name of Congo |
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| Congo's name before 1997 |
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| Congo, formerly |
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| Where Ali dethroned Foreman |
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| African republic |
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| Site of the Ali-Foreman rumble |
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| Congo, once |
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| "Rumble in the Jungle" setting |
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| Ali-Foreman fight location |
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| Mobutu's land |
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| Congo's old name |
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| Site of Ali's Rumble in the Jungle |
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| Kinshasa's country, formerly |
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| Country that gained independence in 1960 |
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| Kinshasa's country, formerly |
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| Mobutu was its president |
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| Mobutu's land |
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| Congo's one-time name |
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| Central African Empire neighbor, on old maps |
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| Where Ali beat Foreman |
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| Congo's old name |
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| Where Ali beat Foreman in "The Rumble in the Jungle" |
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| Kinshasa was its capital |
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| Former central African republic |
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| Where Ali upset Foreman in 1974 |
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| Site of Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" |
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| Democratic Republic of Congo's old name |
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| Where Mobutu Sese Seko ruled |
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| Neighbor of Portuguese West Africa, on old maps |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo's former name |
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| Congo, formerly |
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| Kinshasa's country |
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| Formerly the Belgian Congo |
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| African equatorial country |
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| "Rumble in the Jungle" site |
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| Mobutu ruled it |
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| Congo, formerly |
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| Ali-Foreman battle site |
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| Former name of Congo |
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| Belgian Congo, now |
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| "Rumble in the Jungle" locale |
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| Former name of Congo |
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| Congo, formerly |
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| "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match setting |
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| Mobutu's land |
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| "Rumble in the Jungle" locale |
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| Former African atlas entry |
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| Kinshasa's land, once |
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| Country name from 1971-97 |
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| Former African nation |
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| Belgian Congo renamed |
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| 100 makuta |
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| Where Ali kayoed Foreman |
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| Congo's old name |
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| Congo, formerly |
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| Congo Basin river |
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| Kinshasa's country, formerly |
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| African republic (formerly) |
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| Old name for Kinshasa's country |
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| Kinshasha's country, once |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo, before 1997 |
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| Nation renamed in 1997 |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo, before 1997 |
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| Belgian Congo for a while |
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| Belgian Congo recently |
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| Kinshasa's country, once |
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| Belgian Congo, today |
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| Country N of Angola |
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| Congo, formerly ___ |
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| Where Ali KO'd Foreman, 1974 |
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| New ___ (Congolese money) |
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| Former country name |
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| Nation's former name |
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| Former African country |
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| Congo formerly |
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| The Congo today |
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| Congo, prior to May 1997 |
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| Democratic Republic of the Congo, after 1971 |
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| It's the Congo again |
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| Mobutu's land |
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| African nation |
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| Ali-Foreman battle site |
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| One hundred makuta in Kinshasa |
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| Belgian Congo, today |
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| World's largest cobalt exporter |
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| Its capital is Kinshasa |
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| Sudanese neighbor |
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| Kinshasa is its capital |
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| Where the Lomami flows |
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| Belgian Congo today |
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| A neighbor of Sudan |
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| Mobuto Sese Seko's land |
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| Third-world nation |
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| Country once called Belgian Congo |
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| The former Belgian Congo |
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| Neighbor of Tanzania |
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| Scene of Mailer's "The Fight" |
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| The Congo today |
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| Fight site: Oct. 30, 1974 |
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| African fight site for Ali |
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| African nation |
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| Site of an Ali fight |
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| African state |
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| Congo republic |
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| Old name for Kinshasa's country |
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| French name of Voltaire play. |
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| African nation that practiced Mobutism |
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