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DRC: 25 years after Mobutu, ruins and nostalgia in Gbadolite / 329T9FW
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A few ruined walls and a pile of stones under the tall grass are what remain of Mobutu's luxurious residence in his fiefdom of Gbadolite. 25 years after the dictator's fall, his name remains associated with "national unity". Built on a hill in Kawele, 15 km south of the capital of North Ubangi province in the north-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the vast estate was a real jewel, nicknamed "the Versailles of the jungle". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES