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KINSHASA, Congo: With U.S. envoy Bill Richardson preparing a visit that could be worth millions in aid dollars to his economically ravaged country, Laurent Kabila is doing his best to improve his image. After a host of denials that Kabila's forces had anything to do with the alleged massacres of Rwandan refugees, Interior Minister Mwenze Kongolo said Wednesday that perhaps, just perhaps, some innocents had been caught in the crossfire. "This doesn't even address what Kabila is being accused of," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "Richardson is not going to buy this." Still, she says, Kabila is still...
...CONGO What's in a name? Self-proclaimed President Laurent Kabila rechristens Zaire, but citizens just want a democracy--no matter what its name...
KINSHASA, Congo: ""Let's stop talking about democracy and elections," Laurent Kabila told some 40,000 onlookers as he was sworn in as president of Congo. "We are building a new state built on new values." Until April 1999, when Kabila promises to hold presidential and legislative elections, power in the new state will reside almost exclusively with him. Though the transitional government described late Wednesday in a 15-point proclamation is nominally separated into three branches, Kabila will legislate by decree and can hire and fire government employees at will, in addition to his role as commander-in-chief...
KINSHASA, Congo: On the eve of his swearing-in as President, Laurent Kabila's 'stability before democracy' prescription for rebuilding the new Congo continues to leave little room for dissent. In Kinshasa, armed soldiers broke up a crowd of about 1,000 opposition activists marching in defiant support of Etienne Tshisekedi, the former Prime Minister passed over by Kabila when he formed his new government last week. No injuries were reported, but some 50 who had been chanting "Kabila, assassin of Congo!" were detained after the army moved in. TIME's Marguerite Michaels notes that the relatively small turnout means...
...Etienne Tsisekedi, who, twice ousted as prime minister under Mobutu, had hoped to be named to the post again under Kabila. Fat chance. A partial list of 13 Cabinet appointments unveiled Friday reads like a Who's Who of Kabila's Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo. Although two posts were granted to Tsisekedi's party, the outspoken Mobutu critic was left out. Huffed a humiliated Tsisekedi: "For me, he is not the president." Meanwhile, the "candidate for president" moved swiftly to place the country's military under his direct control. For a "presidential system," noted...