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Congo-Kinshasa

Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Date of Birth: 27 November 1939
Place of Birth: Likasi, Congo-K
Died: 18 January 2001


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The Kivus jolt Kinshasa, again

Both had been condemned to death by a court-martial for allegedly taking part in the murder of Joseph's father President Laurent-Désiré Kabila in January 2001...


Yes, guv

Kyungu is Balubakat as was the late President Laurent-Désiré Kabila; he complains that Kabila junior surrounds himself with Manyema people from his mother's area...


Ruberwa's rift

Doris Mbenge were sentenced to death in absentia for involvement in the assassination of Joseph's father Laurent-Désiré Kabila...


Peace or bust

L'Avenir a newspaper that speaks for Vice-President Abdoulaye Yérodia and the surviving supporters of the late President Laurent-Désiré Kabila pointed fingers at Bemba's people; Bemba and Kengo wa Dondo have been at odds since 1998 when Kengo refused to subsidise the MLC which he regarded as hopeless...

Symphorien Maïbwé the Banyamulenge spokesman says there is also resentment among the former Katangese gendarmes mostly based in Angola who played their part in the late President Laurent-Désiré Kabila's 1997 victory; the authorities fear that Luanda might exploit such discontent to regain its former influence...


Cutting-edge diplomacy

Gertler as General Director of International Diamond Industries (IDI) negotiated a similar exclusive marketing deal with MIBA in 2000 under the late President Laurent-Désiré Kabila who abrogated it after accusing IDI of breaking its commitments...


Le grand retour

The UN seems to have gained influence since the appointment of American-born Swing: he speaks Lingala and is on good terms with President Kabila having helped show him the ropes in January 2001 when Laurent Kabila was killed and Swing was US ambassador to Kinshasa...


Nobody's moving

Kabila is also under pressure to accommodate the heads of the people's power committees set up by his father President Laurent-Désiré Kabila who lost their sinecures when the committees were dissolved in April...


Wood for the trees

Glencore launched the project after discussions with Ridgepointe International which formerly had a substantial concession in state mining company Gécamines' Groupe Central under the late President Laurent-Désiré Kabila...


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