Nostalgia is rising in Congo for Mobutu Sese Seko — the kleptocratic strongman as a new museum exhibit glorifying him draws ...

Mobutu Sese Seko ruled the Democratic Republic of Congo for more than three decades as a dictator who plundered the country's ...

When Mobutu Sese Seko took over the Congo (which he later renamed Zaire) in 1965, he inherited about 5,000 miles of paved roads left by the heinous Belgian colonists. When he fled the country in the ...

The Kenya Corrupt and Anti-Ethics Commission has cleared the late Sani Abacha and the late Mobutu Sese Sseko of corruption allegations. In a press statement, the corrupt anti-ethics body, which is ...

The weeks of denial for Africa’s most durable dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire, finally came to an end on Thursday, when his three top generals asked for an urgent meeting. The trio was ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (UPI) -- The remains of Mobutu Sese Seko, one of Africa's more flashy corrupt rulers, will be repatriated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the DRC president said. President ...

Congo's president said Friday the body of dictator Mobutu Sese Seko would be repatriated from Morocco, where he fled after being overthrown in 1997. President Joseph Kabila gave no date, but said his ...

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It is truly a floating palace. Aboard the yacht Kamanyola, President Mobutu Sese Seko had everything he needed to run the sprawling country he named Zaire. Dignitaries such as Henry Kissinger and ...