The power behind the throne in the early years was army chief Mobutu Sese Seko, who became president following a coup in 1965. Getty Images Mobutu Sese Seko was overthrown in 1997 after 32 years ...

This film is the result of more than two years of work tracking down archive material and witnesses close to Mobutu in Africa, Europe and the U.S. More than 950 hours of footage have been seen by ...

General Mobutu seized power in the Congo in 1960 with CIA backing after the Belgians abandoned their former colony. His first coup eliminated the Soviet-backed Prime Minister, Patrice Lumumba ...