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The divisions in the Conseil National pour la Défense du Peuple infuriate Rwandan President Paul Kagame, as he struggles to balance the interests of rival party factions with business and political ties to senior members of the Rwandan Patriotic Front. In July, reports emerged that Chief of Defence Staff James Kabarebe had threatened to resign lest he be blamed for the mess in the CNDP. Several CNDP officers loyal to its boss, Laurent Nkunda, were then threatening to reveal how funds were embezzled during Operation Umoja Wetu, managed by Kabarebe and Congo-Kinshasa's police chief, John Numbi....

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Paul Kagame, James Kabarebe, Laurent Nkunda, John Numbi, Libya, Senegal, René Abandi, Bertrand Bisimwa, Jacques Musemakweli, Jean-Bosco Ntaganda, Désiré Kamanzi, Jean Munyampenda, Laurent Kabila, Mobutu Sese Seko, Deogratias Bugera, Conseil National pour la Défense du Peuple, Umoja Wetu,, Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo-Zaïre

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