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 ...

The late Zairean leader Mobutu Sese Seko was known to have been very rich at a time when his countrymen were wallowing in poverty. The northern DR Congo jungle now encroaches on a palace built by the ...

The remains of Mobutu Sese Seko, one of Africa's most flamboyantly corrupt rulers, are to be repatriated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, its president has announced. Mobutu, who ruled the ...

Mobutu Sese Seko ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo for more than three decades as a dictator who plundered the country's vast mineral wealth while propped up by the West. But 30 years after his ...

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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, ...

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, ...