Twenty years after he passed away, there is nothing in the capital of the former Zaire to remind visitors of Mobutu Sese Seko, the man famous for building big statues, bringing Muhammad Ali to ...

Mobutu Sese Seko ruled DR Congo, then Zaire, for more than 30 years The Democratic Republic of Congo's government will repatriate the body of ex-ruler Mobutu Sese Seko in agreement with his family, ...

Young people gaze up at large photographs of Mobutu Sese Seko, in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) national museum. A charismatic and outrageously corrupt former dictator, Mobutu seized power ...

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Of the "Big Men" who ruled Africa after independence, few were as notorious as Mobutu Sese Seko. During his 32 years in power, Mobutu renamed Congo as Zaire and stole many millions of dollars. As the ...

Mobutu ruled DRC from 1965 to 1971, and later Zaire from 1971 to 1997. A woman, Mpanda Mbelu Wa Mutobodji has called on the Nigerian government to curtail the worsening insecurity before it becomes a ...

Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws crowds in Kinshasa. In DR Congo, exhibit reveals nostalgia for former ...