Word: laurent
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...Africans. That is why Museveni invited himself this month to Kinshasa, capital of neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, which was Zaire until a few months ago. He was worried that Laurent Kabila, the rebel he helped to the country's presidency, was not making quick enough progress in restoring the ruined country. The meeting had all the ceremony of a summit, but it was really an opportunity for Museveni to give his friend some discreet but blunt advice. "They must start to move here," said Museveni afterward. "People expect to see things happening. Kabila wants to help his people...
Only time will tell if the ousting of Mobutu Sese Seko from the presidency of Zaire was a blessing or a curse [WORLD, May 26]. Rebel leader and now President Laurent Kabila has promised democratic reforms in the newly renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo. We have heard all this before. If Kabila can do what he has promised, then the people of the Congo will be better off. He may not be perfect, but he has the potential to be better than Mobutu. CHRISTOPHER P. DOBES Toledo, Ohio...
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...