Laurent-Desire Kabila (original) (raw)

Laurent-Desire Kabila Congo AFDL

AFDL commander

Rwanda created and armed the Congolese anti-Mobuto rebel groupAFDL (Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo) to spearhead the invasion, and they quickly made their way towards Kinshasa. By mid-1997, Mobuto was overthrown and dead, and the Congolese AFDL commander Laurent-D�sir� Kabila declared that the state should henceforth be known as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while assuming the role of president. He swiftly assigned Rwandan Tutsies to important government roles in effort to please his former backers.http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=8972388