Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Referring to President Laurent Kabila and his allies (including Mugabe) Modise said: ‘Neither can beat the other they have got to get round the table to discuss and resolve their problems...

Laurent Kabila’s forces are on the run with his foreign allies threatening to pull out...

The present danger is that the Congo conflict may destabilise not just Laurent-Désiré Kabila's regime but the governments in Kampala and Kigali...

Both President Laurent-Désiré Kabila and his armed opponents insist almost daily that there must be a peaceful resolution of their differences...

In most regions the rebel forces are driving back Laurent Kabila's soldiers and their foreign allies...

Savimbi knows he's unlikely to have such a favourable position again with the entire Southern African region split over the Congo wars and his forces operating a de-facto alliance (at least) with rebel forces fighting President Laurent-Désiré Kabila's regime backed by Luanda...

That rebellion brought President Laurent-Désiré Kabila to power but failed to establish border security for Kampala and Kigali...

Lissouba insists that the arms shopping list sent to Belgian arms suppliers Labayfar was for President Laurent-Désiré Kabila in Kinshasa...

Laurent-Désiré Kabila's claims that UNITA was helping the Congo rebels persuaded Dos Santos to join the pro-Kabila alliance in August (AC Vol 39 No 16)...

That may help a de-escalation of the war and a phased withdrawal of some foreign troops (Angola has already substantially wound down its troop deployments) without pushing forward an agreement between President Laurent-Désiré Kabila and his armed opponents...