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DRC: UDPS' Early Report Card for Kabila

Friday, May 4th, 2007 @ 08:12 UTC

by Alice Backer

Countries:: D.R. of Congo, Belgium
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Elections, Governance, Human Rights, Protest, Politics

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fr:: Congo-Brazza: Bilan UDPS du Gouvernment Kabila...

UDPS Liège posts an interview with Rachel Kabua Atwele, a Belgium-based UDPS sympathizer. She says [Fr]: “Let's not kid ourselves, dictatorship is alive and well. Those who believed in the good faith of Kabila the imposter are already having a hard time: Thérèse Nlandu, Pasteur Kuthino, the coup d'état on the majority through high-level corruption in the pro- Bemba provinces are sure signs of the stifling of the opposition by the AMP camp.”

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