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...Laurent Kabila has shown little inclination to control them. (Rwanda, the region?s military heavyweight, once backed Kabila?s rebellion against Mobutu Sese Seko because Mobutu would not control the militias; now it is backing the new Congo rebels against Kabila for the same reason.) So what happened in Zambia on Tuesday was that everybody signed except the people who kicked off the bloody back-and-forth of the last five years, and who are doing just fine in the bush, killing and looting for a living. "While they are still out there, there?s no chance for peace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Another Peace Pipe Dream in the Congo | 8/31/1999 | See Source »

KENNETH KAUNDA President of Zambia for 27 years, but court says he's not a citizen. Then someone tries to kill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Apr. 12, 1999 | 4/12/1999 | See Source »

Vail held a number of professorships at theUniversities of Malawi, Zambia, and Virginiabefore joining the Harvard faculty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: African History Professor, Vail, Dies | 4/5/1999 | See Source »

...less publicized crusades against the devastating diseases of guinea worm and river blindness in the Third World. Operating out of the Carter Center in Atlanta, he has used his commanding moral authority to mediate disputes and monitor elections and coax transitions to democracy in Panama, Nicaragua, Haiti, Zambia, the Dominican Republic, Bosnia and other countries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Lives Of The Saint | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

...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. But Kabila will not be alone at the top. On hand at the swearing-in were the presidents of Angola, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, whose support made Kabila's revolution possible and who certainly have a say in how the diminutive ex-smuggler runs Africa's largest country. "Those four are the best guarantee that Kabila will not become another Mobutu," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "They invested a lot in Mobutu's fall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Congo: | 5/29/1997 | See Source »

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