Congo: President Mobutu’s Fatherland Gbadolite – BBC Info

Congo: President Mobutu’s Fatherland Gbadolite – BBC Info

Dash to the overgrown jungle dwelling of worn President Mobutu Sese Seko who dominated the nation he re-named Zaire for 32 years.

His daughter Fyfy reveals us round. She remembers a Picasso painting that feeble to hang on the wall.

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In 1965, Mobutu assumed the presidency after a bloodless coup and grew to turn out to be a textbook dictator, dividing and persecuting his opponents – and thru nepotism and corruption he enriched himself at the expense of the nation, which he renamed Zaire.

In his remote dwelling city of Gbadolite, he built a lavish palace and an airport to fly in luxuries admire purple champagne. The runway became lengthy sufficient to land Concorde – which he chartered.

But when he became ousted in 1997, time stopped within the remote city. The jungle has now reclaimed his palace. To Uncover extra:

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