Mobutu goes home after peace talks fail

Mobutu goes home after peace talks fail

Mobutu Sese Seko, President of Zaire, returned to his capital yesterday after efforts to stage last-ditch peace talks with the rebel leader Laurent Kabila collapsed.

Despite misgivings in Kinshasa, where residents fear Mr Mobutu's notoriously ill-disciplined army as much as the arrival of the rebel troops, mediation efforts continued. Mr Kabila arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, to meet President Nelson Mandela a day after the rebel leader scuppered talks with Mr Mobutu. Reuters - Kinshasa