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It took three months of negotiation for President Joseph Kabila to nominate the eleven provincial governors. The Mission des Nations Unies en République du Congo (Monuc) approved but plenty of politicians grumbled, especially in Katanga, whose mineral wealth (AC Vol 45 No 10) has long inspired secessionist dreams. There, Kabila nominated Kisula Ngoy, a former doctor with mining parastatal Gécamines, describing him as a representative of the Mai-Mai militias.

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Joseph Kabila, Kisula Ngoy, Gabriel Kyungu wa Kumwanza, Mobutu Sese Seko, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Etienne Tshisekedi, Eugène Serufuli Nganyabaseke, Tsasa-di-Ntumba, Jean Kimbunda, André-Claudel Lubaya, Théo Baruti Amisi, Sadiboko Sabin, Koloso Sumaili, Dominique Kanku, Augustin Bula-Wite-Mate Nyanda, Mobando Yogo Yves, Mission des Nations Unies en République du Congo, Gécamines, Union Nationale des Fédéralistes du Congo, Gécamines, Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social, Parti pour la Réconciliation et le Développement

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