Joseph Kabila

Mthembu is a keen supporter of Thabo Mbeki's Africanist visions; Vodacom markets its investments as fulfilling the 'African Renaissance' forms alliances with local operators smooches the local political elite (President Joseph Kabila was at the ceremonial opening of operations in Congo) and exploits local culture for marketing purposes...

However Kagame and President Joseph Kabila agreed in Pretoria on 30 July on complete withdrawal of Rwandan troops within 90 days in parallel with the disarmament and demobilisation of the rebel Hutu forces Interahamwé and former Forces Armées Rwandaises (ex-FAR) allied with the Kinshasa government's Forces Armées Congolaises...

2 billion package is a massive gesture of political support for President Joseph Kabila...

Some 70 per cent of the territory is covered by the 'framework agreement' between President Joseph Kabila's government and most of its opponents: Jean-Pierre Bemba's Mouvement de Libération du Congo Mbusa Nyamwisi's pro-Ugandan Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie-Mouvement de Libération Roger Lumbala's RCD National plus most civil society and unarmed opposition delegates...

The government of Joseph Kabila the rebels the unarmed opposition and civil society representatives were meant to have agreed by 11 April on political arrangements for the transition to democracy and on a new constitution...

Government hardliners in the M17 group of Kabila supporters and the Comités de Pouvoir Populaire – including Zimbabwe's man Security Minister Mwenze Kongolo – would lose everything if power were shared and might not feel bound by an agreement signed by Joseph Kabila...

Leo Mugabe: Nephew of the President and Chairman of Integrated Engineering Group (IEG) which regularly wins major government contracts and the Zimbabwe Football Association; Leo represents Air Harbour Technology which won a US$120 million contract for the new international airport; he brokers supply contracts for Zimbabwe Defence Industries in Congo-Kinshasa in cooperation with President Joseph Kabila...

The FDD is strong in Congo-Kinshasa and the attitude of President Joseph Kabila's government is crucial to the Burundi ceasefire (AC Vol 42 No 21)...

That could critically weaken President Joseph Kabila who relies on Zimbabwean and Angolan troops for his security...

Just five days before the opening Jean-Pierre Bemba has pulled his Mouvement de Libération du Congo out of the talks because he claims many of the parties there will be mere fronts for President Joseph Kabila and give him an unfair advantage in the negotiations...

President Joseph Kabila tried to score points by offering to send a rescue mission to Goma headed by Foreign Minister Léonard She Okitundu and Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo...