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The End of a President by Allan Little: Zaire 1997
In 1965, a military coup brought President Mobutu Sese Seko to power. More than three decades after that, Allan Little was in Kinshasa, the capital of the country then still known as Zaire, during the dictator's final weeks in power. What was it like to file your reports during those extraordinary days?
(Photo: President Mobutu Sese Seko. Credit: AP)
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