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...killing of Congo strongman Laurent Kabila was yet another chapter in a long history of chaos that began with the death 40 years ago of the newly independent country's first, and last, legitimately elected leader, PATRICE LUMUMBA...
Much of that will depend on Kabila's eldest son, Major General Joseph Kabila, 31, who should be sworn in as President this week. A shy nonsmoker and teetotaler, Joseph is unpopular with many Congolese. He grew up in East Africa during his father's rebel days and reportedly prefers English and Kiswahili to French and Lingala, the most widely spoken Congolese language. Joseph takes charge of a country in name only. The war that began as a rebellion in the east of the country in August 1998 quickly became an African scramble for Africa. Rwanda and Uganda, which...
...helps people fleeing war and violence, estimates that in the 30 months since the war broke out, more than 2 million people have died as a result of fighting, most of them from preventable diseases and malnutrition. At least a third of the deaths have been children under five. Kabila's death last week may have got the most headlines, but it is not the country's first war-related casualty, and it is unlikely to be the last...
...first shots rang out just after 1 p.m. Laurent-Desire Kabila, 61, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was in heated discussion with advisers inside the presidential palace in the capital of Kinshasa. Details of what happened next remain sketchy. One version is that a bodyguard drew the President aside and then shot him twice. Another is that a minister shot the President after Kabila ordered his arrest. In any event, shooting continued for about 30 minutes. Soon after, presidential chief of staff Eddy Kapend went on state television to appeal for calm and announce the temporary closure...
...drawn out, most likely, as various government factions fought over who should succeed him. American officials say they think the shooting was the result of an internal power struggle, a by-product of the country's bloody civil war. Some African analysts finger the Angolans, who were frustrated with Kabila's leadership. There was a glimmer of hope in the news: Western diplomats think Kabila's death may encourage the warring factions to seek peace...