Lambert Mende (Lambert Mende Omalanga)

On the following day Kabila summoned his Conseil supérieur de la défense (see Box) which described the incident as a ‘terrorist offensive’ while Information Minister Lambert Mende Omalanga said the attackers had hoped to ‘spread fear across the nation’...

Lambert Mende claimed that one of the attackers was a former MLC activist...

The Congolese government spokesman Communications Minister Lambert Mende Omalanga called this an insult to his nation’s sovereignty...

The only dissenting African voice came from Congo-Kinshasa itself: Communications Minister Lambert Mende Omalanga praised the report and proposed setting up 'hybrid' courts to try those officers accused...

Her Congolese counterpart Lambert Mende Omalanga said his government was ready to denounce the report when it was published: ‘If there is anything jeopardising our efforts to stabilise the country and this region we won’t keep silent...

5 million in signature bonuses agreed with former Oil Minister Lambert Mende...