From 1965 to 1997, joseph mobutu controlled the country of zaire (now called the democratic republic of the congo). he amassed great personal wealth, was the only person on election ballots, and intimidated or murdered his opponents. with this information, you could classify mobutu's reign as being a) autocratic. b) republican. eliminate c) democratic. d) oligarchic.

The correct answer is letter A

Explanation: It is in fact, a government in which there is only one representation as the holder of power, that is, a committee, an assembly or simply a leader who has absolute control of all levels of government. When it comes to the presence of a single individual as the holder of all this power, the consent of other members of government is nonexistent or ignored. In order to have an autocratic government, the government leader controls the entire administration and all the power of his jurisdiction and is free to take action, according to the meaning of the Greek term, by himself.

mali had been a state inside of the ghanaian empire. after ghana fell because of invading forces and internal disputes, mali rose to greatness under the leadership of a legendary king named sundiata, the "lion king." the songhai empire, already weakened by internal political struggles, went into decline.