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Mobutu

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Mobutu [məˈbuːtuː]
n
(Placename) the former name (until 1997) of Lake Albert

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(Biographies / Mobutu, Sese Seko (1930-1997) M, Zaïrese, POLITICS: statesman, POLITICS: head of state) Sese Seko (ˈsɛsɛ ˈsɛkəʊ), original name Joseph. 1930-97, Zaïrese statesman; president of Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) (1970-97); accused of corruption and overthrown by rebels in 1997; died in exile


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Swiss authorities on Thursday lifted a 12-year freeze on nearly seven million dollars in assets the late Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko held in Switzerland, allowing their return to his family.
Close was one of few people both willing and able to tell Mobutu the unvarnished truth; as years progressed and the nation's situation worsened, Close finally had to leave, and let history take its course.
Thousands of Mobutu's soldiers fled across the Congo River to Brazzaville,capital of neighbouring Republic of Congo,after Mobutu was ousted in 1997.
 
 
 
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