The DRC government recently alerted southern African countries to the “presence of UNITA rebels” in the country, state television reported on Monday. Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo Kabila warned of the “massive presence of UNITA rebels on Congolese soil who want to destabilise our country after their heavy losses in Angola”. Kongolo was on a visit to Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, Angola and South Africa.
Meanwhile, DRC’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi also delivered a message from Kabila to his West African counterparts. His message dealt with “dramatic developments in the situation of aggression” in the DRC, the television said. He met leaders of the Republic of Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
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