"🇿🇦" - The flag emoji representing South Africa, a country located at the southernmost tip of the African continent. It features horizontal bands of red, white, and blue, with a green Y-shaped band in the center symbolizing unity among diverse cultures. Zaire - Former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country in Central Africa. It was known as Zaire from 1971 to 1997 under the leadership of Mobutu Sese Seko.