President Mobutu Sese Seko began what many believe is a final effort to prop up his faltering, war-torn regime Monday by officially ousting his prime minister. In his first action since returning from ...

Zaire’s dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, has long viewed his resource-rich African country as little more than a personal plantation, to be plundered, oppressed and consigned to misery. So while ...

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 ...

Washington, DC — In this short book, Peta Ikambana attempts to offer an Afro-centric analysis of the Mobutu regime, which ruled over Zaire (today's DRC) from 1965 to 1997. The book's premise holds ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo's government will repatriate the body of ex-ruler Mobutu Sese Seko in agreement with his family, President Joseph Kabila has said. Mr Mobutu is buried in Morocco, ...

Images captured by Agence France-Presse (AFP) photographer John Wessel's show the ruins of one of Africa's most famous dictators – President Mobutu Sese Seko. Labelled "Versailles of the Jungle" by ...

Mobutu died 1997 in exile in Morocco and is buried there. Repatriating his remains is another item on the agenda of those who still refer to him as "Marshal." “We will use all the means available to ...