Article: Angolans capture rebel port.

Article: The cost of Kabila: Congo.(President Laurent Kabila ...
The Economist (US);  October 3, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... SAVED by his neighbours, Angola, Zimbabwe and Namibia, Laurent Kabila has survived as president of Congo. But the cost has been ... is getting back on its feet after the rebels' seizure of Matadi, the country's main port, in August and their severance ...

Article: War in the heart of Africa: as Zimbabwe and Angola commit ...
The Economist (US);  August 22, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... said they would be sending arms and troops to help President Laurent Kabila fight them. Namibia is also believed to be sending him military ... country to the west coast where they hold the main port at Matadi, plus the nearby Inga dam. Water and electricity supplies ...

Article: Kabila's Troops Take Key Matadi Port
Xinhua English Newswire;  May 22, 1997 ;     388 words ...President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic ... took over the seaport of Matadi, 400 km to the west of ... third largest country. "Matadi has just been liberated ... capture of capital Kinshasa. Matadi, the last strategic point ...

Article: Laurent Kabila
Encyclopedia of World Biography;      700+ words ...Laurent Kabila Laurent Kabila (born 1939) is the president of the central African nation ... Zaire). Few figures emerge on the world stage as suddenly as Laurent Kabila did in the last months of 1996. It is a measure of the speed ...

Article: Congo opens military trial in mysterious assassination of ...
AP Worldstream;  March 15, 2002 ;     597 words ... ... shrouded 2001 assassination of dictator Laurent Kabila _ crowding a prison courtroom with ... Lifeyi, a lawyer for the defendants. Laurent Kabila was a longtime Congo rebel who seized ... within hours of Kabila' s killing. Laurent Kabila's son, Joseph, succeeded him as ...

Article: Laurent Kabila.(Obituary)(Laurent Desire Kabila, ...
The Economist (US);  January 20, 2001 ;     700+ words ...WHEN Laurent Kabila declared himself president of Congo ... Guevara's diary when they picked Laurent Kabila as the spokesman for the rebellion ... co-operation, and went away. Laurent Kabila's legacy to Congo is a civil war ...

Article: Congo President Laurent Kabila Dead
AP Online;  January 18, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... 01-18-2001 Congo President Laurent Kabila Dead KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- Two days after President Laurent Kabila was gunned down in his presidential ... after two days of insisting Laurent Kabila was wounded but alive -- shed ...