Like a vast historical puzzle, this film pieces together the tragic history of a country, and its self-styled leader - the dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, "King of Zaïre".

This is why I link his era to that of Mobutu. Generations have changed since Mobutu Sese Seko was ousted in Zaire, the former name of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Mobutu ruled from ...

Rather than eradicating democratic institutions as leaders like Chile’s Augusto Pinochet or Zaire’s Mobutu Sese Seko did in the past, today’s established and emergent autocrats (as is the ca ...

In Zaire, for example, Mobuto Sese Seko embezzled an estimated $5 billion dollars during his 32-year presidency — this in a country where the per capita GNP in 2001 was $99. "Accountability" and ...

The appeal process following a trial in which 37 people were sentenced to death over what the army said was a failed coup bid began on Thursday, an AFP journalist saw.

(Bloomberg) -- The Democratic Republic of Congo’s government said it had killed the leader of an attempted coup and arrested ...

For many of contemporary Congolese musicians the idea of authenticité was seen as a positive one at a certain level, even though Mobutu abused Congo culture to build his own personality cult.

The first celebration of the U.S. Flag's birthday was held in 1877, on the 100th anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. However, it is believed that the first annual recognition of the flag's ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo military thwarted an 'attempted coup' led by a US national and his 40-strong militia to overthrow the country's government. The plot was led by Christian ...

autocratic leader Mobutu Sese Seko, allowed the mother and children to leave. Félix Tshisekedi then moved to the Belgian capital, Brussels. After completing his studies there he took up politics ...

Until the Executive Order of June 24, 1912, neither the order of the stars nor the proportions of the flag was prescribed. Consequently, flags dating before this period sometimes show unusual ...

In certain circles the name Martin Fayulu has become synonymous with tenacity - a refusal to give up. One of the leading opposition candidates in the Democratic Republic of Congo's 20 December ...