The Zairean army may melt before the rebels, but Mr Kabila still faces two other armies: one Rwandan, one Angolan.
ECONOMIST: Liberating Zaire is the easy bit
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In the east, ethnic groups such as the Babembe and the Bahunde resent the increasing dominance of the Tutsis, Zairean and Rwandan.
ECONOMIST: Liberating Zaire is the easy bit
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The first handover of money in Mr de Villepin's presence occurred in 1995, he said, involving 10m francs from the then Zairean President Mobutu Sese Seko.
BBC: Dominique de Villepin and Jacques Chirac in 2007