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Mobutu Sese Seko

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Mobutu Se·se Se·ko  (ss sk) Originally Joseph Désiré Mobutu. 1930-1997.
Zairean president (1967-1997). A general in the army, Mobutu overthrew the existing government of the Congo in 1965. He later established himself as president (1967) and renamed the country Zaire (1971). He died shortly after being ousted by political insurgents.


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Mai-Mai militia were armed and equipped by Laurent-Desire Kabila, father of current Congolese president, Joseph Kabila, in his rebellion against dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, who was toppled in 1997.
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