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Former African country name (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

zaire

<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">former african country name</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>

(Other definitions for zaire that I've seen before include "Former African republic" , "Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly" , "Former name of DRC" , "renamed African area" , "Previous name of Congo" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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