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Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga

Date of Birth: 14 October 1930
Place of Birth: Lisala, Congo-K
Died: 7 September 1997


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Moi-butu

In the battle for eastern Zaïre Museveni favours the Banyamulenge rebels and their Rwandan allies; Moi favours the Rwandan former army the Interahamwé militias and their allies in President Mobutu Sese Seko's government...


Kinshasa questions

Analysts on the Quai d'Orsay we hear are being asked two key questions: how can the rebels' grip over Eastern Zaïre be broken (in particular their control of Bukavu and Goma airports) and how can Mobutu Sese Seko's weakness be managed to prevent an implosion in Zaïre and beyond...


Zaïre starts to crack

While President Mobutu Sese Seko issues orders from his sickbed in Switzerland his army is routed in Kivu...


The balance of forces

Bolozi Gbudu Tankipama brother-in-law of Mobutu Sese Seko: this military intelligence unit has lost much of its capacity; strength reduced to a ‘few thousand'...


Follow the Guide

The Prime Minister Léon Lobitsch Kengo wa Dondo said last month that President Mobutu Sese Seko would come home from Switzerland in October to start work again after his operation for prostate cancer on 22 August (AC Vol 37 No 19)...


Standing (by)

Fears are also growing of fighting in Zaïre if President Mobutu Sese Seko' s authority collapses...


Holding out hope

Once President Mobutu Sese Seko had been identified as 'the only man who could keep Zaïre and even central Africa together' he was allowed to reign unhindered...


Military operation

Desperately thin and recovering uncertainly from his operation for cancer of the prostate on 22 August President Mobutu Sese Seko is worrying his friends in Paris and Washington...


Balance of terror

Many officers disapproved of Bagaza; as President in 1976-87 he persecuted the Catholic Church and antagonised President Mobutu Sese Seko...


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