The civil war under Joseph Kabila
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- Rebels Merge
- New Vision (Kampala), 17 January
2001. Three Congolese rebel leaders yesterday signed a
pact to merge into a new group, the Congolese Liberation
Front (CLF). A founding president of the Congolese Rally
for Democracy, Prof. Ernest Wamba dia Wamba, refused to
sign it.
- We Won in DRC, Says President
- By Max Hamata, The Namibian (Windhoek), 22
March 2001. President Sam Nujoma claimed victory in the
conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo yesterday,
dismissing critics of Namibia's military involvement
as
prophet of dooms
.
- Ugandan Occupation Worsens Congo's
Problems
- Human Rights Watch, 28 March 2001. Ugandan authorities
have fueled political and ethnic strife in eastern Congo
with disastrous consequences for the local
population. Ugandan authorities meddled in rivalries among
factions of the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy
(RCD).
- Women Call for Truth, Justice Before
Reconciliation
- By Ruth Nabakwe, Panafrican News Agency (Dakar), 3 April
2001. Women from Congo Brazzaville, Angola and the
Democratoc Republic of Congo meeting in Paris have
denounced what they termed as attempts by the authorities
in these countries to sweep the truth and justice under
the carpet.
- The Congo Story: From Lumumba to Mzee
Kabila
- By Alfred N. Mutua, Editorial, The Nation
(Nairobi), 22 April 2001. The parallels between Lumumba
and Kabila are clear to the teary-eyed Congolese. With the
death of Laurent Kabila, Uganda and Rwanda have started
pulling their troops out of Congo and many see this as
evidence that the war was not by rebels fighting Kabila
but of super powers who are afraid thatgiven a chance,
Congo has the potential of becoming one of the richest and
most powerful nations in the world.
- Interview: Conflict Exacerbating Deaths
From Preventable Causes
- By Charles Cobb Jr., allAfrica.com, 4 July
2001. AllAfrica's Charles Cobb Jr. interview with
Hilary Bower in Kinshasa. She is a spokesperson for
WHO's Emergency and Humanitarian Action Department,
who traveled with the Mission.