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[Your reactions] Post-Mobutu in the DRC: a failed revolution?
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Colonel Mobutu Sese Soko answers questions from the media, September 16, 1960. © AFP/UPI
By: Chantal Lorho Follow
Twenty-five years ago, President Mobutu Sese Seko was ousted from power by Laurent-Désiré Kabila and his AFDL troops.
A pathetic departure after 32 years of an unchallenged reign over Zaire.
How do you view the Mobutu years?
What remains of the hopes for liberation, development, democracy, born on May 17, 1997?
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