The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Is Congo’s President Joseph Kabila flirting with dictatorship? AFTER 32 years of rapacious dictatorship under Mobutu Sese Seko and nearly a decade of chaos following his demise in 1997, Congo’s elections in 2006 marked the first time the people of the former Belgian colony had gone to the polls in a free and fair vote for four decades. It was a rare moment of hope for a better future....
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Reports indicate that DRC President, Joseph Kabila wants the UN mission which has been in his country for nearly 10 years to start planning an exit strategy "as soon as possible."
War News Updates (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Indian United Nations peacekeepers conduct a night foot patrol in Goma in eastern Congo, February 15, 2009. Photograph by: Finbarr O'Reilly /Reuters, REUTERS U.N. Mulls Exit Strategy For Congo Troops: Diplomats -- Reuters UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations is quietly preparing an exit strategy for its troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the biggest U.N. peacekeeping mission in the...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
[JURIST] The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday set the trial date for former Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) vice-president Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo for April 27. The trial date was set to give the defense six months of preparation from the date the Office of the Prosecutor fulfills its disclosure obligations, in compliance with the ICC Rules of Procedure and Evidence. The ICC order...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Efforts to resolve the political impasse that threatens to break the Zimbabwean fragile unity government are expected to be bolstered when President Jacob Zuma travels to the Mozambican capital, Maputo, for the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Troika summit. The summit of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security Co-operation will be held to review the political situation in the...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
DRC President Joseph Kabila has challenged Africa to follow his country's example by actively seeking dialogue and pursuing national reconciliation as a means of solving any internal differences.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The visiting DRC President Joseph Kabila, who is the SADC chair, has engaged the three principals to the Global Political Agreement on political developments in Zimbabwe, according to Tuesday's The Herald. Speaking after a five-hour meeting with Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe at State House, Kabila said while he had come in fulfilment of a promise made to his Zimbabwean counterpart earlier, he would...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe yesterday held critical talks with his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart Joseph Kabila on the country's latest political impasse.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Harare - Joseph Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo and current head of Southern Africa's regionalpolitical alliance, was in Zimbabwe for talks Monday with the partners in the country's stricken unity government, officials said. His...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, who is the Sadc chairman, arrived in the country last night on a working visit.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
The Democratic Republic of the Congo President and Sadc chairman Joseph Kabila is expected in the country early next week on a state visit.
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
President Joseph Kabila on cover that reads "La Revue". The Democratic Republic of Congo has established joint military monitoring agreements with neighboring Rwanda and Uganda in order to curb rebel activity in the eastern region of the country. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos Kabila expected in Zim next week Herald Reporter The Democratic Republic of the Congo President...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Joseph Kabila, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, told journalists in South Africa on Friday that he didn't believe the political deadlock in Zimbabwe was out of control. Kabila, the current chairman of SADC, was speaking as the SADC Troika on Defence, Security and Politics was in Zimbabwe on its 'fact finding' mission.
IOL (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
The political impasse in Zimbabwe and its resulting humanitarian crisis was not out of control, the Democratic Republic of Congo president Joseph Kabila.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
DEMOCRATIC Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila, who is also Southern African Development Community (Sadc) chairman, was expected in Harare last night in a bid to rescue Zimbabwe's failing unity government.
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