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- Laurent-Désiré Kabila (27 November 1939 - 18 January 2001) or simply Laurent Kabila , was a Congolese revolutionary and politician who was the third President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1997 until his assassination in 2001.
A longtime opponent of Mobutu Sese Seko, he led the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (Adflc), a Rwandan and Ugandan-sponsored rebel group that invaded Zaire and overthrew Mobutu during the First Congo War from 1996 to 1997. Having now become the new president of the country, whose name was changed back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabila found himself in a delicate position as a puppet of his foreign backers. The following year, he ordered the departure of all foreign troops from the country to prevent a potential coup, leading to the Second Congo War in which his former Rwandan and Ugandan allies began sponsoring several rebel groups to overthrow him including the Rally for Congolese Democracy (RCD) and the Movement for the Liberation of the Congo (MLC). During the war, he was assassinated by one of his bodyguards, and was succeeded ten days later by his 29-year-old son Joseph. - Paul Van de Velde was born on 15 February 1922 in Jadotville, Belgian Congo [now Likasi, Democratic Republic of the Congo]. He was an actor and writer, known for De vrijage van Marietje Hemelstoet (1962), Spelevaren (1966) and Knal, wie vangt de bal? (1954). He died on 13 August 1972 in Waasmunster, Flanders, Belgium.
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Didi Trone was born on 27 July 1998 in Jadotville, Belgian Congo [now Likasi, Democratic Republic of the Congo]. He is an actor and composer, known for Viva Riva! (2010), Tozoom (2022) and Baby Boy of House (2022).