Laurent Kabila
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Unmasking Washington’s strategic disengagement
Trump’s inflammatory remarks about “white genocide” during President Cyril Ramaphosa’s state visit were not merely offensive; they invoked white nationalist tropes aimed at…
Covid claims Zimbabwe’s foreign minister amid surge in cases
Sibusiso Moyo, the third Zimbabwean minister to die from the virus, was a potential successor to the president
The DRC’s blood-soaked history
A five-minute history of the country since independence
Kivu: The forgotten war
Fighting in Kivu, a region in the east of the vast powder-keg state of the Democratic Republic of Congo, first flared a generation ago
Kabila’s decision to step aside won’t change the DRC’s power dynamics
Emmanuel Shadary is President Joseph Kabila’s preferred presidential candidate meaning that Kabila could remain in power if not in office
DRC’s Kabila backs ex-interior minister for vote: spokesperson
The announcement came just hours before the deadline for lodging applications for the December 23 election
Kabila names new DRC government despite agreement on elections
The president’s list followed last month’s naming of a former opposition leader as his prime minister.
Tanzanian-led anti-rebel force in DRC given teeth
It has been decided that Tanzania will lead the mission to eliminate rebel groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
A tyrant of long standing
The Robert Mugabe regime did not, as some will argue, start off well and slowly descend into authoritarianism. It was always intolerant of opposition.
Eighteen million reasons to place your bet
Any country that wants to win the African Cup of Nations had better have a population of at least 15-million — or they might as well bury the thought. Since the inaugural…
DRC rebels rejoin peace conference
Tutsi rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Friday rejoined a peace conference aimed at ending long-running conflict in the east, a day after suspending their…
Fighting in DRC kills 20 rebel soldiers
Fighting flared in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s powder keg east on Wednesday, as the army battled insurgent troops after killing 20 rebel soldiers who staged a pre-dawn…
Clashes break fragile truce in eastern DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) soldiers and troops loyal to a renegade general broke an 18-day truce on Monday in the restive east of the country, officials said. ”We are in…
Make or break for Congo’s new Kabila
The main players in Congo’s conflict are waiting to see whether interim president Joseph Kabila is a man of war or peace.
Who’s surprised at Kabila’s fall?
There are certain people whose personalities are accurately depicted by their physical features — one such person was Laurent Desiré Kabila.