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Kabila's intentions, however, were difficult to measure. As his forces closed in on Kinshasa last week, he placed a call to the U.S.'s United Nations ambassador, Bill Richardson. In April, Richardson had spent a week in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa, trying to work out a deal between the two adversaries. Richardson told TIME that last week he had urged Kabila to reassure the world. "You need to issue a public statement about your intentions," the ambassador told him. "You need to calm fears. You need to say that you want democratic elections." But the rebel leader only laughed...
While there were some killings--four of Mobutu's generals were reportedly murdered by their own men--the chaotic looting and mayhem that many had feared never occurred. Speaking from his headquarters at Lubumbashi, Kabila, 56, said he would "assume from now the functions of the head of state." He added, "I am happy, very happy to succeed." He said he would form a transitional government by Tuesday and promised a new constitution within 60 days for the country that he renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo...
...Rwanda that prompted Kabila's erstwhile sponsors to seek his ouster. "When Kabila last week began recruiting 12-year-olds to fight off these seasoned, well-trained, well-equipped fighters, it was clear that he had little chance of holding the capital," says Mutiso. The good news: Back in Lubumbashi, Kabila can now restart his career as a professional revolutionary...
...same rebel army that swept him to power 18 months ago now appears to have driven him out of the capital. As the Rwandan-backed forces driving towards Kinshasa cut the capital's electricity supply, the Associated Press reported Friday that Kabila had retreated to the southern city of Lubumbashi...
...LUBUMBASHI, Zaire: Now that Zaire's summit-on-the-sea has ended in an apparent stalemate, Laurent Kabila is back to his preferred form of diplomacy: the ultimatum. From his headquarters in Lubumbashi, Kabila has given Mobutu Sese Seko eight days to yield to the rebel alliance or "be chased from the power." Fiercely denying a U.N. envoy's statement that he had agreed to a cease-fire with the ailing Mobutu, the rebel leader is giving his troops quick marching orders toward the capital. As he attempts to get Mobutu to resign before the soldiers arrive, Bill Richardson began...