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Congo-Kinshasa

Laurent-Désiré Kabila

Date of Birth: 27 November 1939
Place of Birth: Likasi, Congo-K
Died: 18 January 2001


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Best friends, friends and foes

While Laurent-Désiré Kabila's government has almost unequivocal backing from its neighbours (apart from Sudan) Western states are less convinced...


Madeleine's mission

After her encounter with Museveni Albright's tour neatly segues into Central Africa: meetings with General Paul Kagamé and President Laurent-Désiré Kabila are planned for 11 and 12 December...


Kabila's banker

A brass plaque outside the smart new offices of the Banque de Commerce et de Développement in Kinshasa's main street Boulevard du 30- Juin proclaims that they were opened by President Laurent-Désiré Kabila on 25 October...


The border war

Now with his ally Laurent-Désiré Kabila in charge of what was Mobutu Sese Seko's Zaïre and English-speaking businessmen making fortunes there Uganda looks like the entry point for the emerging markets of the Great Lakes region...


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Mini-Mobutu okay?

Gilchrist lives in Ghana and has a Ghanaian diplomatic passport; he also has the backing of Laurent Kabila's regime in the Democratic Republic of Congo...


Bongo's beanfeast

Enough political leaders were present to make the summit look convincing but the absentees as well as Nigeria's General Sani Abacha Congo-Kinshasa's Laurent Kabila and Sudan's Omar el Beshir included Paul Biya of Cameroon (busy forming a government) Ben Mkapa of Tanzania (at his party's congress) and regional kingpins Daniel arap Moi of Kenya Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Nelson Mandela of South Africa...


Regional circle

Self-proclaimed President of Congo-Brazzaville Dénis Sassou Nguesso also wanted to clarify the alignment of his neighbours Omar Bongo and Laurent-Désiré Kabila...


A dictator returns

Paul Kagamé's Front Patriotique Rwandais; Uganda Rwanda and Angola's backing of Laurent-Désiré Kabila's forces against Mobutu Sese Seko and now Angola's backing of Sassou's forces against Lissouba...


Biya's bad joke

A few English-speaking activists in the SDF say they want to imitate Laurent-Désiré Kabila's struggle against Mobutu Sese Seko...


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