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 ...

Geneva - A Swiss court ruled on Tuesday that assets of the late dictator Mobutu Sese Seko frozen in Switzerland and worth €5.1m must be returned to his family. Criminology professor Mark Pieth from ...

President Mobutu Sese Seko on Saturday stood defiantly on his mansion patio with his new military prime minister and dismissed the legitimacy of the popular rebellion washing over his corrupt 31 ...

Mobutu Sese Seko, who died in 1997, ruled what today is the Democratic Republic of Congo with an iron fist for 32 years. Mobutu Sese Seko, who died in 1997, ...

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.

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 ...

For Mobutu, it was – perhaps even more importantly ... A portrait of President of Zaire Mobutu Sese Seko is seen at the stadium in Kinshasa during the fight. AFP via Getty Images.

In many ways, Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle didn’t start on this day 50 years ago at 4:30am. In actual fact, the narrative that would come to define the fight began ...

In many ways, Muhammad Ali vs George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle didn’t start on this day 50 years ago at 4:30am. In actual fact, the narrative that would come to define the fight began ...