1. Back from the ashes, the image and memory of the late Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba are suddenly in evidence. 2. Albright seemed to be caught off guard by a question about a Congolese political leader, Arthur Zahidi Ngoma, who was arrested two weeks ago and reportedly beaten. 3. But as the Congolese leader turns his back on peace, some in the region looked for hope in Burundi. 4. He was said to have also testified that he went on the record within the agency as opposing a plan to assassinate the Congolese leader, Patrice Lumumba. 5. Senior officials and Western diplomats in Zimbabwe contradicted the official story late Wednesday, saying the Congolese leader lay in a military hospital morgue. 6. Rebels prepare for first face-to-face talks with Congolese leader. 7. A senior State Department official said the conversation between Rwandan President Paul Kagame and the new Congolese leader, Joseph Kabila, could foreshadow additional contacts. 8. Congo rebels have offered to discuss peace with Kabila, but the Congolese leader reportedly wants to talk instead with Rwandan and Ugandan leaders. 9. Congolese leader Laurent Kabila was expected in Rwanda Monday on his first official visit to the country that backed his rebellion to oust former President Mobutu Sese Seko. 10. Congolese leader Laurent Kabila arrived in Rwanda Monday on his first official visit to the country that backed his rebellion to oust former President Mobutu Sese Seko. |
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