Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba

2 million Luba Kasaï people of Mbuji-Mayi regard Etienne Tshisekedi as their leader and detest Kabila who is determined to hold on to the city and its diamond wealth...

The general disenchantment with the leadership on both sides is increasing support for Etienne Tshisekedi leader of the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social who wants negotiations between all parties and the withdrawal of all foreign troops...

Also working in its favour is the political orientation of Mbuji Mayi a stronghold of Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba leader of the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social which has been the best supported opposition party for over a decade...

Residents have not forgiven Kabila for having kept under house arrest for four months (February-June) their local hero the leader of the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba...

This leaves a gap open for the nation's heavyweight opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi whose Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social (UDPS) although officially neutral openly criticises Kabila but is uneasy about the rebels' foreign backers...

For now Kasaï's most prominent politician and former Prime Minister Étienne Tshisekedi is trying to mediate between President Kabila and ‘his compatriots in Goma' (meaning the RCD)...

By releasing from house arrest his arch-opponent Etienne Tshisekedi after a ‘cordial' meeting in Lubumbashi in late May President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is trying to shore things up on the domestic front as many of his former foreign allies publicly show their frustration with his government...

His government has lost the support of Kasaï whose leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba has just been put under house arrest there...

Others are pressing Albright to meet the political opposition in Kinshasa specifically the prickly leader of the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba...

Others are pressing Albright to meet the political opposition in Kinshasa specifically the prickly leader of the Union pour la Démocratie et le Progrès Social Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba...

The threat from his enemies across the river explains Patassé's attempts to establish friendly relations with Kabila – notwithstanding French objections and Patassé's closeness since 1982 to Zaïrean opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi wa Malumba...