Articles related to "Mobutu"

Leadership in Africa is determined by a combination of forces. These include history, tradition and great power influence. These forces continue to shape African politics

The death of Gabonese President Omar Bongo offers cautionary lessons to African leaders that they will one day be judged by history if not by their own people.

After independence many African leaders embraced socialism as a political ideology and identity. What has become of this concept in the 21st century?

Boxing's popularity has waned in recent years but these films still pack a punch. The best boxing films, from five to one, are here

The Rwandan genocide of 1994 and the conflict in the Congo are the most visible legacies of Belgian colonial rule in Africa.

"We have turned east where the sun rises, and given our backs to the West where the sun sets." Defiant Robert Mugabe envisioned Africa in the hands of China.

Robert Mugabe's survival is thanks to his ability to base his anti-western rhetoric on the evil of colonialism. He thus champions Africa's new a "look east" policy .

Worth $3.3 billion in 2008, Dangote was the richest black African to appear on Forbes' Billionaire list and beat Oprah Winfrey to become the world's richest black person.

Analyzing the basis of Mugabe's land reform policy is very inportant in shedding light on the driving forces behind these reforms. Key issues are revenge and socialism.