Mobutu dies in exile in Morocco Ruled Zaire with iron grip for 3 decades September 7, 1997 Web posted at: 10:55 p.m. EDT (0255 GMT) RABAT, Morocco (CNN) -- Mobutu Sese Seko, who held an iron grip on Zaire during his more than three decades in power, died Sunday, less than four months after he was forced into exile. He was 66. The former president of what is now called the Democratic Republic of ...

When He Was King Mike Persson On the trail of Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko, Zaire's former Kleptocrat-in-Chief By Heidi Kriz Worshipping a dictator is such a pain in the ass. --The Anthills of Savannah, by Nigerian author, Chinua Achebe JOHANNESBURG'S CHECK-IN area for Air Zaire's flight to Kinshasa swells with the elite of one of the poorest countries in the world. The men look about with ...