The emperor Mobutu

[...]in 1992, he became Mobutu's special security adviser. [...]the waiting room outside the presidential office was a curiously silent chamber where cabinet ministers shot suspicious glances at each other and bit their tongues, determined not to provide their colleagues with material that coul...

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Published in:Transition (Kampala, Uganda) Uganda), 1999-01 (81/82), p.92
Main Author: Wrong, Michela
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Colonialism
Furniture
Mobutu Sese Seko
Presidents
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Summary:[...]in 1992, he became Mobutu's special security adviser. [...]the waiting room outside the presidential office was a curiously silent chamber where cabinet ministers shot suspicious glances at each other and bit their tongues, determined not to provide their colleagues with material that could be used against them. [...]army generals had little interest in fighting: they became experts in fraud and extortion. [...]Rwanda, then Uganda, and finally Angola joined forces with the AFDL in an unprecedented regional coalition.
ISSN:0041-1191
1527-8042