Kabila

Tens of thousands of refugees had been killed in his journey west; in that sense Kabila was no better than his predecessor.

That, apparently, is a risk President Joseph Kabila may be willing to take, in the hope of finally being master of his own house.

Mr Kabila has failed to start building a proper state or to demobilise all militias and create a proper army.

Mindful of his need for Angola's support on diplomatic, military and commercial fronts, Mr Kabila kept his mouth shut.

President Joseph Kabila said he had fulfilled his promise of organizing elections.

When Mr Kabila broached the subject again, in 2009, he was in a better bargaining position, since he had consolidated his own rule.

But many fear that more fighting is to come, even if Messrs Kabila and Bemba do agree to try to keep their rivalry peaceful.

Mr Kabila is now sending soldiers, tanks and helicopter gunships to the east, threatening to squash Mr Nkunda for good.

And if violence were to erupt again, the UN would probably be asked by Mr Kabila to help him arrest rebel leaders such as Mr Nkunda.

Congo's President Kabila is now using them as proxies against General Nkunda's National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP).

Mr Kabila now wants to turn Congo into an economic powerhouse on the back of vast industrial mining.

With Mr Kabila facing a difficult election race next year, repression is unlikely to let up.

As expected, the incumbent president, Joseph Kabila, was far ahead of his rivals.

To stop them, Rwandan Tutsis recruited Kabila, an ageing revolutionary, and engineered his rise.

Joseph Kabila, who was nominated president in 2001 after his father, Laurent, was assassinated, is still president.

He has called Mr Kabila's followers terrorists and told his own supporters to storm the country's prisons to free political detainees.

When Angola's government first started expelling Congolese en masse, Congo's president, Joseph Kabila, complained.

Correspondents say the reforms are expected to boost President Joseph Kabila's chances of re-election in November.

Pessimists say Mr Kabila acted out of desperation.

President Kabila's government says it wants Mr Nkunda arrested for war crimes, but Mr Kabila has also sent an envoy to negotiate.

Li extended a welcome to Kabila for his visit and spoke highly of Sino-DRC relations.

Incumbent President Joseph Kabila's biggest challenger in this vote is longtime opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi.

Some senior Rwandan officials are dismissive of Mr Kabila's ability to project any force in eastern Congo.

With official campaigning set to begin Friday, President Kabila says Congo is ready.

During an official dinner organized by the government, President Kabila emphasized the importance of this high-level visit for Congo.

Mr Kabila still wants Western governments to pour more money into his forces.

The electoral commission says it will release final vote results before President Kabila's current mandate expires December 6.

Officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo say the incumbent, Joseph Kabila, has won the fiercely contested presidential election.

Mr Tshisekedi says Mr Kabila intends to steal the vote, foreshadowing a situation where both men could declare victory.

The most immediate requirement is for Messrs Kabila and Kagame to sit down together and talk.

She will meet with President Joseph Kabila in restive North Kivu province.

Kabila also introduced the domestic situation in Congo.

Some claim the governor is being pushed out by Katangan tribal leaders to make room for Mr Kabila's brother, Zoe.

Relations between Messrs Kabila and dos Santos then got even worse.

In any event, Mr Kabila's government must tackle several other oil-related issues.

A lot depends on the intentions of Messrs Kabila and Kagame.

Kabila, for his part, thanked the Chinese side for their warm reception and agreed with Jiang on the latter's evaluation on bilateral ties.

The UN oversaw two sets of messy multi-party elections in 2006, the first since independence in 1960, reaffirming Mr Kabila as president.

This time, President Kabila is facing the 78-year-old Tshisekedi, who both worked with and ran against Mobutu.

Mr Kabila may struggle to repeat his victory of 2006.

"Kabila miscalculated, " Mr. Tegera said. "And so did the West. They pressured him. "

The former rebel's men say Mr Kabila was angry at failing to win the election outright;