May this year will mark 28 years since the overthrow of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – or Zaire – longest-serving leader, Mobutu Sese Seko. The man who loved to be called “Mobutu ...

when a Rwanda and Uganda-backed alliance overthrew the ageing autocrat Mobutu Sese Seko. "Our objective is neither Goma nor Bukavu but Kinshasa, the source of all the problems," he told Reuters in ...

Thiery Michel takes an in-depth look at the reign of Mobutu Sese Seko. A man of "modest roots" who had a Catholic upbringing, Mobutu was sent to the army by his father for insubordination.

The conflict in the Congo must be contained to enable the continent to move forward. Historically, the first emergence of civil unrest in the Congo can be traced back to 1996-1997. However ...