DRC President Laurent Kabila will attend a special session of the UN Security Council on the DRC next week, Reuters quoted a senior presidential aide as saying on Thursday. Kabila’s attendance had been in doubt after he demanded that the US first condemn the roles played by Uganda and Rwanda in the conflict, Reuters added. Meanwhile, the leader of the rebel Rassemblement congolais pour la democratie (RCD), Emile Ilunga, has also confirmed his attendance. However, the leader of the rebel Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC) Jean-Pierre Bemba told AFP his group would not send a delegation “because we are not going to stay in the corridors - it’s a question of dignity”. “If people think they can make plans for the future of the DRC without us, they are wrong,” he added.
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