That rebellion led to President Kabila's installation in 1997 - but since 1998 he has himself been facing a rebellion. At least six neighboring states are currently involved in the war in DR Congo, with some backing the government, others the rebels. Various rebel groups currently control roughly half the country. Tajudeen Abdulraheem , General Secretary for Pan African Movement. He lives in Kapala Uganda, but is in London now.
Today is the tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Gulf War.
To mark the occasion, activists yesterday demonstrated outside the U.S. Mission to the United Nations. They offered outgoing U.S. ambassador to the UN Richard Holbrooke a meal of lentils and untreated East River water, to approximate the daily meal rationed to the Iraqi people under the most severe sanctions in the history of the United Nations. Sixteen people were arrested on charges of disorderly conduct and blocking a public building. Today, as Clinton prepares to leave office, we will take a look at the last ten years of U.S. policy towards Iraq. While US officials claim the Iraqi government could use revenues from the Oil for Food program to feed its people, UN officials have declared the program hopelessly inadequate.