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, ...

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, 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 ...

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) hopes a new biometric identity card (ID) scheme backed by the European Union can help overhaul its undisciplined armed forces, branded by campaigners as the central ...

Bern, Switzerland - An estate belonging to late Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese-Seko can be sold as part of an attempt to reclaim any national assets he diverted, Swiss officials said on Friday. The ...

Mobutu Sese Seko was president of what was then Zaire from 1965 until 1997. His regime was marked by human rights abuses, ethnic bloodshed and corruption. He pillaged state funds for more than 30 ...

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, ...