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WI Mobutu wasn't a corrupt kleptocrat who used Congo as his personal piggy bank, but instead a competent, benign and only mildly corrupt despot with a genuine concern for the welfare of his people? To what levels could a competent Mobutu develop Congo (or Zaire, if it still winds up being called that) between his assumption of the presidency in 1965 and his death in 1997? How should he go about it?

Assuming a stable, Democratic Republic of Congo (or Zaire) results with levels of development similar to those of other more stable, relatively successful African countries like South Africa, Botswana, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, what are the effects on sub-Saharan Africa? Finally, will Congo remain a one-party state under the sole legal political party, the MPR after Mobutu dies or transition to democracy, however flawed, either peacefully or violently?
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