Who is kabila

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ON TV. However, with Kabila's allies still very much in control of the army and police forces, the president faces another potentially big problem.

He's probably busy trying to do deals with the security services as we speak. It also remains to be seen how Kabila will react to Tshisekedi's power moves. The former president was perceived as trying to hold on to power with the hope of making a comeback in the next elections in He and his family still have significant finance at their disposal, and they still have some very important allies inside the Congolese parliament.

Analyst Sematumba does not believe it would be in Kabila's interests to stir up trouble if he plans to make a comeback in the near future. But a stable political situation is still far from assured.

Deep down, a miner in a rural artisanal gold mine chisels gold ore out of the earth. The shaft team is composed mainly of excavators and bag porters. Miners spend six to eight hours down the shafts each day. The work is physically demanding. At this mine, around kilograms of ore must be excavated to extract one gram of gold. A miner maneuvers through a narrow tunnel junction, as his colleague waits in line.

The bags of ore he has been heaving through the mine, in the direction of the mineshaft entrance, are in front of him. After agriculture, artisanal mining is the most important livelihood in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC. A bag porter carries his load downhill from the mine for processing. They are among the lowest earners at the mine and, at this site, are often those who have migrated from other areas.

A man kneels in front of a rock slab while breaking down gold ore with a grinding stone. Next, the remaining ore is manually ground down between two rocks to release the gold. This is a slow and arduous process; one plastic basin can take several hours to work through. Water carriers and ore porters are visible moving up and down the mine hill, in the background. In recent years, Kabila has been in the habit of bringing employees together to discuss strategy.

But, since leaving the presidency in January, he has made it his main residence. On March 4, he received his successor, Felix Tshisekedi. Now as leader of the parliamentary majority, Kabila continues to bring together the political leaders who have remained loyal to him, and there are many of them: on 1 May, it was the provincial governors of the Common Front for Congo FCC who were invited to attend; on 22 June, it was the turn of the senators of this coalition.

But few have been able to enter his private apartments. There are antelopes, zebras, wildebeests, crocodiles, giraffes, buffaloes, and a 4-metre python.

A dozen rhinos graze in a private enclosure. White and brown lions also have their own space. And, since May 29, a herd of elephants roam the area. Since its public opening in June , six months before Kabila left the presidency, the park has become a major attraction in Kinshasa. He never felt too comfortable in Kinshasa — an anarchic capital of more than 10 million people — until he fell on this valley, where a peaceful river meanders.

Quickly, he installed a few prefabricated structures on one of the banks. Get your free PDF : Top african compagnies Get your free PDF by completing the following form. Over the years, impressive investments have made it possible to develop the site. Impeccable asphalt roads have been built, , trees have been planted, and dikes have been built to create several artificial lakes. In total, between and workers are active on the property every day.

Critics of Kabila accuse him of leading a repressive regime that silenced the dissenters. The government routinely blocks access to the internet during street protests. The DRC election was repeatedly delayed in the last two years, leading to deadly clashes between opposition supporters and the security forces. He steals elections to remain in power.

He arrests and beats opponents. That is not democracy. Eighteen years are enough. By Hamza Mohamed. Published On 25 Dec