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Article: Congo erupts, again: in what looks strangely like a rerun, Congo's ruler is threatened by a rebel movement helped by his neighbours.(Laurent Kabila)(Brief Article)(Editorial)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- August 15, 1998
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In what looks strangely like a rerun, Congo's ruler is threatened by a rebel movement helped by his neighbours
ALMOST two years ago Rwanda and Uganda helped to form the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo, selecting Laurent Kabila to lead it. The venture was astonishingly successful. With some help from his friends-whose numbers grew by the day-Mr Kabila marched across Congo to sweep Mobutu Sese Seko from power in seven months. But these same friends are now fed up with him. Using the same tactics as before, they appear to have set about forming and arming a new rebel movement.
Mr Kabila has proved a disaster. His words were fine: he ...