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The Congo: Crisis Over Copper
Congo President Joseph Mobutu last week nationalized the Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, the Belgian company that provided a living for 100,000 Congolese, accounted for about one-half of the ...
The British explorer who conquered the Congo – with the help of the Telegraph
“Mobutu didn’t actually agree to become a patron ... beginning at Lualaba, which flows into the Congo. The expedition was ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency3y
A Holocaust refugee’s son is one of the most powerful politicians in Congo
Katumbi’s own family lost everything, including their name, in one of the Congo’s best-known upheavals: the rise to power of its kleptocratic former despot, Mobutu Sese Seko, in 1965.
BBC5y
Dan Snow's History of Congo
President Mobutu put the place on the map with a palace ... Vast fortunes have been made in Congo throughout history but the money has often vanished, either being taken abroad or wasted in ...
modernghana.com13d
How Akufo-Addo Nearly Became Ghana's Modern-Day Mobutu Sese Seko
Nana Akufo-Addo may not have reached the levels of infamy associated with Mobutu Sese Seko,however, the similarities in their ...
National Geographic news3y
The Main Road Through the Heart of Africa Is the Congo River—For Those Who Dare to Take It
“The Congo River is the spine of our country ... That changed during the 1990s, in the waning years of the Mobutu regime. As top ONATRA official Sylvestre Many Tra Hamany acknowledges ...
Human Rights Watch8y
I. INTRODUCTION
In the complex conflict in eastern Congo, all the many combatant forces ... Fourteen months after Kabila overthrew President Mobutu Sese-Sekou, a coalition of groups formed the RCD and rebelled ...