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, ...

The African nation of Zaire has been bathed in blood for years at the hands of a merciless dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, and now of a ruthless rebel leader who wants to replace him. Although Mr.

The 35-million people he rules have been mad at him for the past 26 years. And the rest of the world finally seems to agree it's time the tyrant bows out. But the man known as "the all-conquering ...

An illustration of former Democratic Republic of Congo (former Zaire) President Mobutu Sese Seko, at the Academy of Fine Arts in the Gombe commune in Kinshasa (Arsene Mpiana | AFP via Getty Images) ...

Worried about his Kisangani factory, which now lies in rebel hands, the truck company director jabbed his finger onto his desk to show his growing impatience with the longest-running dictatorship in ...

COMBAT was in heavyweight prospect Jeamie Tshiveka’s DNA long before he picked up a pair of boxing gloves. ‘TKV’ tops the bill of the BBC’s return to big-time boxing on ...

Unlike the passing of Princess Diana and Mother Teresa, that of Mobutu Sese Seko, late of Zaire, will not be mourned around the world. Especially not by me. I spent 10 terrifying days in 1983 detained ...

President Mobutu Sese Seko left Zaire today for a mini-summit in Gabon as reports emerged of a heavy civilian death toll in a battle on the road to his capital, Kinshasa. Residents and other sources ...

President Mobutu Sese Seko flew to nearby Gabon on Wednesday for a regional summit as suspense deepened as to whether the man who has held power longer than any current African ruler plans to ever ...

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 ...

KINSHASA, Zaire — From his plush 15th-floor hotel suite, far above the broad Congo River, Mukalay Msungu Banza juggled three cellular phones, taking calls from an ambassador, a government minister and ...