Now with his ally Laurent-Désiré Kabila in charge of what was Mobutu Sese Seko's Zaïre and English-speaking businessmen making fortunes there Uganda looks like the entry point for the emerging markets of the Great Lakes region...
Eyadèma to some extent modelled himself on the late Mobutu Sese Seko...
The summit boosted Angola's image as regional kingpin following its key military roles in the usurping of ex- Zaire's Mobutu Sese Seko and Congo- Brazzaville's Pascal Lissouba this year although João de Matos Chief of General Staff of the Forças Armadas Angolanas is the tactical brains behind the plan...
Paul Kagamé's Front Patriotique Rwandais; Uganda Rwanda and Angola's backing of Laurent-Désiré Kabila's forces against Mobutu Sese Seko and now Angola's backing of Sassou's forces against Lissouba...
A few English-speaking activists in the SDF say they want to imitate Laurent-Désiré Kabila's struggle against Mobutu Sese Seko...
These men belonged to the Akazu units said to have started Rwanda's genocide in 1994; until the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko they were based at his home-village of Gbadolité...
Congo- Kinshasa officials have already visited their Swiss counterparts in search of the fortune of the late Mobutu Sese Seko...
Vol 38 No 19 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Few Congolese cared much about the funeral of Mobutu Sese Seko in a Catholic cemetery in Rabat Morocco on 13 September...
Several diplomats believe that US aid could generate greater political credibility and leverage with Kabila who has strongly criticised past US support for Mobutu Sese Seko and could help soften his response to outside criticism...
Vol 38 No 17 |
- NIGERIA
- AFRICA
Like Guinea's Sekou Touré President Mobutu Sese Seko developed a cultural policy of banning foreign music on the radio thereby enormously boosting local bands...