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DR Congo: Kabuya predicts Savimbi-like fate for Kabila

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Augustin Kabuya, secretary-general of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress, predicted that Joseph Kabila would meet a fate comparable to that of Jonas Savimbi after the former Congolese president created a politico-military movement. The Front for the Refoundation of the Nation includes Corneille Nangaa and Bertrand Bisimwa, reports Seneweb.

Augustin Kabuya, secretary-general of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS), the party of Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi, predicted that Joseph Kabila would meet a fate similar to that of Jonas Savimbi, former leader of the Angolan UNITA rebellion, reports Seneweb. “He will end up like Savimbi,” he said of the former president of DR Congo.

Kabuya compared Kabila to Savimbi, who had defied the international community, after the announcement of the creation of the Front for the Refoundation of the nation (FRN), a politico-military movement led by Kabila. The FRN’s vice-presidents include Corneille Nangaa, coordinator of the Congo River Alliance, and Bertrand Bisimwa, president of the M23 rebel group, according to Seneweb.

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