Mobutu Sese Seko

Mobutu Sese Seko

male, deceased (1997)
Mobutu Sese Seko Nkuku Ngbendu wa Za Banga, known commonly as Mobutu, or Mobutu Sese Seko, born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu, was the President of Zaire (n...
Jonas Savimbi

Jonas Savimbi

male, deceased (2002)
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was a rebel leader in Angola who founded the UNITA movement in 1966, and ultimately proved a central figure in 20th century...

Laurent-Désiré Kabila

male, deceased (2001)
Laurent-Désiré Kabila was President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from May 1997, when he overthrew longtime dictator Mobutu Sese Seko af...
Teta Lando

Teta Lando

male
Teta Lando is an Angolan musician. He was born in Mbanza Congo, the capital city of Zaire Province in the north of the country, and is Bakongo. He...
Kengo Wa Dondo

Kengo Wa Dondo

male, 74 years old
Léon Kengo Wa Dondo served as the "first state commissioner" (a title equivalent to prime minister) several times under Mobutu Sese Seko in Z...
Peter Piot

Peter Piot

male, 60 years old
Dr. Peter Piot is Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN specialized agency UNAIDS. In 2004, he was awarded...
Jacques Foccart

Jacques Foccart

male, deceased (1997)
Jacques Foccart (31 August 1913 - 19 March 1997) was French President Charles de Gaulle's and then Georges Pompidou's spin-doctor for African...
Nzanga Mobutu

Nzanga Mobutu

male, 39 years old
François Joseph Nzanga Mobutu Ngbangawe was a candidate in the 2006 presidential election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and is the e...
Marie Daulne

Marie Daulne

female
Marie Daulne, founder and lead singer of the group Zap Mama, was born in 1964 in Congo Kinshasa. Her father, Cyrille Daulne, was a Walloon...

Étienne Tshisekedi

male, 76 years old
Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba is the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), a political party in the Democratic Republic of t...