Joseph Kabila

Two figures - President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba - are dominating Congolese politics after the 30 July elections which have been hailed as a success by United Nations (UN) and the United States' Carter Center despite huge organisational problems...

One apocryphal story circulating in Kinshasa is that one of the old guard supporters of Laurent-Désiré Kabila took Joseph Kabila aside and pointing to his father's mausoleum explained to him that 'they' would bulldoze the mausoleum if he lost the presidency...

The Khartoum-based Al Da'wa al Islamiya (Islamic Call) has say Congolese sources received diplomatic status from President Joseph Kabila's government...

The presidential frontrunner is incumbent Joseph Kabila 35 who enjoys the blessings - if not backing - of France Belgium the United States South Africa and Angola...

Democratic Republic of Congo Map The initial plan was for the Congolese who haven't voted in free elections for four decades to vote first for local then for district and provincial candidates allowing the new parties and their candidates to establish themselves especially those who aren't part of the ruling coalition under President Joseph Kabila...

President Joseph Kabila the Commission Electorale Indépendante headed by Apollinaire Malu Malu and the United Nations Security Council want the vote to proceed as scheduled (AC Vol 47 No 8)...

Yet it is still well armed apparently thanks to elements within President Joseph Kabila's government in Congo-Kinshasa and can restart its armed struggle at any time despite persistent and bloody counter-insurgency operations by the national army the Force de Défense Nationale (FDN)...

They also want and predict a handsome victory for the incumbent President Joseph Kabila...

In reality it's a political problem rather than a legal one as opposition parties will use it to campaign against President Joseph Kabila and his ruling circle...

Making political capital out of this President Joseph Kabila's Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie (PPRD) has sent two Hutu politicians from Rutshuru Sekimonyo wa Magango and Senator Mwene Songa Nyabirungo to campaign there...

The usually reticent President Joseph Kabila told journalists last week that he was really worried about voter apathy...