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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 ...
Kinshasa - The late Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko claimed in a last letter to France's President Jacques Chirac published here on Thursday that the United States and Britain had stabbed him in the ...
battling Ebola and serving as Congolese leader Mobutu Sese Seko's personal physician; his decision to join religious group/cult the Moral Re-Armament; and why she holds no resentment: "Forgiveness ...
When Mobutu Sese Seko, late president of Zaire, was at the height of his powers, he decreed his citizens should no longer wear Western jackets and ties. As part of a great return to African values, ...
Mobutu Sese Seko was president of what was then Zaire from 1965 until 1997. His regime was marked by human rights abuses, ethnic bloodshed and corruption. He pillaged state funds for more than 30 ...
Mukendi is a fugitive but not from any law. The businessman has been on the lam since he was tortured by President Mobutu Sese Seko’s secret police for complaining to a court that other security ...
Dr. William Close, a self-proclaimed country doctor who became the personal physician of Zairian President Mobutu Sese Seko and played a key role in halting the 1976 outbreak of the lethal Ebola ...
The UPI think tank wrap-up is a daily digest covering opinion pieces, reactions to recent news events and position statements released by various think tanks. T Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa ...
Its president, Mobutu Sese Seko, had struck a deal in 1974 for the country to host potentially the biggest boxing contest in history: Muhammad Ali, a legend seemingly on the decline, versus George ...
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.