In DR Congo, the unchallenged reign of the Kabila

Lhe path will have been long and tortuous before Laurent-Désiré Kabila came to power in the Democratic Republic of Congo, but his story and that of his son symbolize how, in the troubled Africa that followed independence, true dictatorial dynasties have been able to put themselves in place, taking advantage of the opportunities that the weakness of institutions and of the State, corruption and above all the law of the strongest have been able to offer in the face of populations in search of freedom and democracy, but often abused by a political demagoguery delivered without restraint. Concerning the DR Congo, Laurent-Désiré Kabila inaugurated the third great sequence of the political life of the country, after that of independence, the war of secession of Katanga and the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, and this…