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Kabila’s enemies “allergic to democracy”

    NAIROBI

    President Laurent-Desire Kabila has sent three of his ministers to the US-Africa ministerial conference in Washington to explain the DRC’s position and the “indignation of our people”.

    Addressing a news conference in Kinshasa earlier this week, he accused the US of “hypocrisy” towards his country for supporting Rwanda, Burundi and Uganda “which are allergic to democracy”.
    He said he was “more than ready” to talk to the rebels fighting his government. However, he dismissed the idea of a roundtable conference “because it is not representative of the Congolese people”, and reiterated he was in favour of a “national debate”.

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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