Haut-Zaire
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- Population: 43 million
- Aspects: Unstable, Repressive, Dead Broke
During the breakup of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the provinces of Equateur and Orientale became the new nation of Haut-Zaire, its capital at Kisangani. The rump Kongolese state struggled for years afterward to regain control of Haut-Zaire, setting off border wars and terrorism. In turn, Haut-Zaire has often tried to consolidate control of the region’s gold and diamond mines by putting pressure on nearby Kivu. The current regime in Haut-Zaire is a corrupt military dictatorship, which uses terror tactics and ecological warfare even against its own citizens.
