1.   Mobutu is recuperating from cancer surgery at his nearby villa, near the border with Italy.

2.   On Wednesday, he met President Sese Seke Mobutu at his nearby villa overlooking the Mediterranean.

3.   Mobutu was recovering at a nearby villa at the time after prostate cancer surgery but has since returned to Zaire.

4.   Ousmane receives visits from his friends and family while his old political foes play chess in a nearby villa.

5.   The foreign ministers of Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania arrived in the southern French city of Nice Thursday to visit Mobutu at his nearby villa.