Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga

FLEC-R had difficulty negotiating its leaders' release because its main contact President Mobutu Sese Seko's cabinet chief Professor Vinduawe te Pemako was in Europe with his boss...

This means that French agents have looked kindly on the forwarding of Chinese arms to the Central African Republic Sudan and General Mobutu Sese Seko's government in Zaïre as Déby acknowledged to Africa Confidential...

And it's an open secret that Mwalimu wouldn't mind if President Mobutu Sese Seko was kicked out of power...

Accordingly Kabila's terms for negotiations (contained in a diplomatic note to President Nelson Mandela) stipulate that he must talk directly to Mobutu Sese Seko or a figure publicly identified as mandated to negotiate on his behalf and that should the negotiations be aborted or fail the AFDL will then press its military advantage until Mobutu or his successor surrenders...

The fall of Kindu to the rebels persuaded President Mobutu Sese Seko's government that accepting the Sahnoun plan may be its last chance...

President Mobutu Sese Seko and his government may believe that the negotiations in Cape Town with Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre officials are the best chance to stave off more rebel victories...

The war is a convenient excuse for the government to put off this year's elections and an opportunity for spin offs from arms purchases controlled by Premier Kengo wa Dondo and President Mobutu Sese Seko's close ally Seti Ali...

Savimbi is particularly close to President Mobutu Sese Seko and King Hassan II...

Less than a week after Kengo ordered a counter offensive (which some supporters of ailing President Mobutu Sese Seko said he had no right to do) the FAZ initial thrust was petering out scuppered by its inability to establish a ground corridor or resupply its troops by air...

No formal role for Savimbi has been found yet and substantial numbers of UNITA soldiers crossing into Zaïre to avoid the UN-monitored demobilisation now have the added incentive to earn money as mercenaries for Mobutu Sese Seko's ailing government...

This was a stinging blow to President Mobutu Sese Seko's plans for a military fightback...