MOBUTU'S RIVIERA VILLA

"Mobutu's villa has ripe lemons on its trees, extravagant floral arrangements
in its stone urns, a black Mercedes in its drive, two pet sheep on its grounds,
and a view over the shimmering sea to the high-rises of Monaco. It provides,
in short, a perfect image of the fruits of three decades of absolute power
in an African country bled to the bone." --NY Times / November 9, 1996