Laurent-Désiré Kabila

But now he may fear the precedent set in the new Democratic Republic of Congo by President Laurent-Désiré Kabila's overthrow of Mobutu...

The old dictator's death may make it harder for Laurent-Désiré Kabila's government to trace and reclaim the wealth he stole...

Some people in Congress and the government want the USA to follow the lead of African states (notably Eritrea Rwanda South Africa and Uganda) which urge that President Laurent Kabila should be given both aid and more time to put the new Congo's house in order...

Yet insecurity remains endemic and was at the top of the agenda during President Laurent Kabila's recent visit to Rwanda...

Even before Laurent-Désiré Kabila's triumphant arrival in power in May lyrics had begun to change...

Congolese President Laurent-Désiré Kabila is understood to have given the green light for hot pursuit onto his territory if necessary: Luanda helped him to seize power in Kinshasa...

Some saw Mandela's Zaïre efforts as less a mediation between Mobutu Sese Seko and Laurent Kabila than a bid to get the government to leave quietly which it more or less did...

In November its men crossed the border briefly occupied two trading villages near Kasese and were chased into Zaïre by the UPDF then hounded by Laurent-Désiré Kabila's Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour la Libération du Congo...

It doesn't want the rebellion to seem a consequence of Museveni's support for the successful rebellions in Rwanda and Congo or Sudan and claims the ADF survives only because Laurent Kabila's AFDL are not yet able to control the whole territory whose mountains constitute ideal guerrilla country...

Much depends on whether President Laurent-Désiré Kabila whose control over the government's military and security still seems shaky can consolidate...

There may also be direct rewards for President Yoweri Museveni's support for Laurent Kabila: secret negotiations on the 'war debt' began at the end of June between Uganda's Vice-President Foreign Minister and former security chief Eriya Kategaya and the Democratic Republic of Congo's Foreign Minister Bizima Karaha...

Védrine is unlikely to give much higher priority to Africa than his predecessor Hervé de Charette although the arrival of Laurent-Désiré Kabila in Congo-Kinshasa will keep Védrine's eye on the region...