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During which crisis did Mobutu seize power?

  • Suez Crisis

  • Congo Crisis

  • Rwandan Crisis

  • Zimbabwean Crisis

Answer

Mobutu Sese Seko came to power in the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire, during the Congo Crisis, a period of political instability and social upheaval that gripped the country from the late 1950s to the early 1960s.
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