Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire’s president for the last 27 years, is so hated by his people that he hardly ever dares set foot in his own capital. So the scene outside parliament earlier this month, ...

The 35-million people he rules have been mad at him for the past 26 years. And the rest of the world finally seems to agree it's time the tyrant bows out. But the man known as "the all-conquering ...

The African nation of Zaire has been bathed in blood for years at the hands of a merciless dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, and now of a ruthless rebel leader who wants to replace him. Although Mr.

THE DEATH RATTLE of the 32-year tyranny of Mobutu Sese Seko in Zaire came when Gen. Nzimbi Ngbale donned civilian clothes and hopped a speedboat to sanctuary in neighboring Congo. If a last stand was ...

Worried about his Kisangani factory, which now lies in rebel hands, the truck company director jabbed his finger onto his desk to show his growing impatience with the longest-running dictatorship in ...

President Mobutu Sese Seko flew to nearby Gabon on Wednesday for a regional summit as suspense deepened as to whether the man who has held power longer than any current African ruler plans to ever ...

Though at midweek there were reports from well to the east of serious resistance—or was it just serious massacre, most of the 300 reported dead being civilians?—few doubted that Mr Kabila's men were ...

Israel’s Ambassador to Zaire, Michae, Michael, presented his credentials today to President Sese Seko Mobutu. Zaire is the first African country to have resumed diplomatic relations with Israel after ...

KINSHASA, Zaire — From his plush 15th-floor hotel suite, far above the broad Congo River, Mukalay Msungu Banza juggled three cellular phones, taking calls from an ambassador, a government minister and ...

KINSHASA, Zaire — Six months ago Zaire seemed on the brink of political chaos as mutinous soldiers rioted and the 26-year autocratic rule of President Mobutu Sese Seko began to crumble. But despite ...