Though he was no democrat, both the people of Congo and Western powers placed much hope in Kabila. But within months Kabila was riled in internal rebellion and external assaults, and was crippled by his own ineptitude and personal ambitions. Soon everything and everyone began to sour. In the new chess game, Uganda and Rwanda became the new enemies of Congo, and Angola, Namibia and Zimbabwe became its new allies, all with an eye on Congo's riches, and on its diamonds in particular. He is generally believed to be a good leader and one of the few Congolese political activists who has remained untainted by the corrupting powers of Mobutu says Herman Cohen, former Undersecretary for Africa from State Department.
Democracy is our order.
However, economic stability, within a well defined legal frame work will promote respect for institutional order Mr. Ngalamulume said in an interview recently in Washington. After forty years of our independence from Belgium, Congo deserves to be ruled by its own people, democratically. There have been a plenty of initiatives but few successes. In August 1998, President Mandela, as Chairman of Southern African Development Community, tried to break an impasse with Zimbabwe over the issue of military involvement in Congo. In July 1999, Zambia brokered a peace deal between warring factions in Congo, involving the rebel groups in Congo, and Congo s neighbors.