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- noun Plural form of
Zairean .
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Examples
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WHEN I MET WITH rebel leader Laurent Kabila in Zaire several days ago, he told me of his vision to see a rebuilt Zaire with a strong market economy which would create jobs for Zaireans.
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Now, some Zaireans say, it's Washington that should get him out.
'Invade Us, Please' 2008
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Kabila's drive across Mobutu's vast domain, after the ailing dictator tried to expel them as "non-Zaireans" from the eastern
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Thousands of Zaireans moved to Angola in the 1970s, particularly in regions controlled by the UNITA, whose main ally in the region was Zaire's then leader, Mobutu Sese Seko.
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Savimbi urged the Zaireans to "cease fighting and begin talks."
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Mobutu has enjoyed 32 years of autocratic rule over this vast central African country, accumulating huge personal wealth while ordinary Zaireans have become increasingly impoverished.
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Sixty Zaireans are to be deported back to Zaire for entering
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"We appeal to the paticipants in the talks to fully consider the urgent humanitarian needs of hundres of thousands of refugees and displaced Zaireans stranded in the war zone," said the statement.
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Spokeswoman Catherine Poso said the 60 Zaireans, together with
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Rwandan and Burundian Hutu refugees at Ubundu, 150 kilometres (90 miles) to the south, and was also feeding 35,000 displaced Zaireans in Kisangani itself.
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