Where Concorde once flew: the story of President Mobutu’s ’African Versailles’
▻http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/feb/10/where-concorde-once-flew-the-story-of-president-mobutus-african-versail
For posturing dictators, only putting a new city on the map will do. Fifty years on from Mobutu Sese Soko’s ascent to the presidency of Congo, David Smith explores what’s left of his personal Xanadu, Gbadolite
▻http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/feb/10/inside-gbadolite-mobutu-ruined-jungle-city-in-pictures
Mobutu’s palace. In its heyday it employed more than 700 staff - including chauffeurs, chefs and servants - as well as 300 soldiers
Photograph: Sean Smith for the Guardian
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