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Congo: President Mobutu's Hometown Gbadolite - BBC News
Visit the overgrown jungle home of former President Mobutu Sese Seko who ruled the country he re-named Zaire for 32 years. His daughter Fyfy shows us round. She remembers a Picasso painting that used to hang on the wall. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog In 1965, Mobutu assumed the presidency after a bloodless coup and became a textbook dictator, dividing and persecuting his rivals - and through nepotism and corruption he enriched himself at the expense of the country, which he renamed Zaire. In his remote home town of Gbadolite, he built a lavish palace and an airport to fly in luxuries like pink champagne. The runway was long enough to land Concorde - which he chartered. But when he was ousted in 1997, time stopped in the remote town. The jungle has now reclaimed his palace. To Find out more: World News Documentary: https://ift.tt/2A75OAF World Service Podcast: https://ift.tt/2S7sYhn... VR Hub: https://ift.tt/2FjPWew
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Visit the overgrown jungle home of former President Mobutu Sese Seko who ruled the country he re-named Zaire for 32 years. His daughter Fyfy shows us round. She remembers a Picasso painting that used to hang on the wall. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog In 1965, Mobutu assumed the presidency after a bloodless coup and became a textbook dictator, dividing and persecuting his rivals - and through nepotism and corruption he enriched himself at the expense of the country, which he renamed Zaire. In his remote home town of Gbadolite, he built a lavish palace and an airport to fly in luxuries like pink champagne. The runway was long enough to land Concorde - which he chartered. But when he was ousted in 1997, time stopped in the remote town. The jungle has now reclaimed his palace. To Find out more: World News Documentary: https://ift.tt/2A75OAF World Service Podcast: https://ift.tt/2S7sYhn... VR Hub: https://ift.tt/2FjPWew
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