The civil war under Laurent-Desire Kabila
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- Kabila vows to end Mai-Mai revolt in
eastern Congo
- By Arthur Malu-Malu, Friday 6 February 1998. President
Laurent Kabila vowed on Friday to crack down on his former
armed allies, the Mai-Mai, who are blamed for continuing
unrest in the east of the Democratic Republic of the
Congo. Kabila also accused unnamed international
organisations of manipulating the Mai-Mai, whom he linked
to the ousted regime of the former Zaire's late
dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
- What' behind the war in Congo
- By Monica Moorehead, Workers World, 10
September 1998. Since colonialist Belgium took over Congo
in the 19th century, the imperialist powers—in
Europe and more recently the United States—have
competed for control of that nation's wealth. Since
early August, President Laurent Kabila has been fighting
off a revolt whose major support comes from military
intervention by two of Congo's neighbors, Rwanda and
Uganda, U.S. client states.
- SOPA Resolution on the War in the
Democratic Republic of Congo
- 9 October 1998. Constitutional congress of the Socialist
Party of Azania, Durban 12–13 September 1998: The war
in Congo is an imperialist sponsored war over who should
control the resources of the country, using ethnicity and a
fight for democracy as justification. Kabila is himself an
instrument of imperialism, serving one imperialist group
at the expense of another and portrays himself as someone
who would not bend to US interests.
- Republique democratique du
Congo. Rassemblement congolais pour la Democratie (RCD),
Quartier general/Kisangani
- A message from Ernest Wambia dia Wamba, President of
ther RCD, on behalf of Laurent Desiré Kabila, Emile
Ilunga, Bizima Karaha, et al, Bureau du Président, Lusaka,
31 August 1999. Notice of the signing of the Lusaka
Agreement to bring regional peace, security, and
democracy. The Southern African SADDC (in English).