Laurent-Désiré Kabila

As they go from victory to victory Laurent-Désiré Kabila and his forces are having to face some tough political questions: firstly about the composition of their Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre (AFDL-CZ) and its ability to sustain its popular support; secondly about their relations with the civilian opposition in Zaïre which have remained ambiguous...

They are: • President and Chief of General Staff: Laurent-Désiré Kabila (a Mulubakat from Ankoro northern Shaba) founded the Parti de la Révolution Populaire in 1967...

Zaïreans contrast Washington's sharp warning to Angola with its failure to censure Uganda or Rwanda for their support for Laurent-Désiré Kabila's rebel forces...

But for AFDL leader Laurent-Désiré Kabila the negotiations – presided over by South Africa's Deputy President Thabo Mbeki and United States Assistant Secretary for Africa George Moose – offer little more than space on the international stage while his forces score more successes...

It was rumoured in Luanda early this month that Numa had been badly injured while fighting alongside the Zaïrean army commanding some 2-3 000 UNITA soldiers against Laurent-Désiré Kabila's rebel forces...

Military sources say that Laurent-Désiré Kabila's Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre (AFDL) have maintained their positions about 300 kilometres east of Kisangani...

Kinshasa claims that these incursions backed by cross-border artillery fire amounted to an invasion in support of Laurent-Désiré Kabila's Zaïrean rebels...

Events namely the military successes of Laurent Kabila's rebels (backed by Rwanda and Uganda) seem set to overtake both policy options...

Mahele argued that to stand firm against Laurent Kabila's Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Kinshasa (AFDL) he must have the power to call all officers to account for insubordination and corruption...