"This phenomenon has led to the existence of parallel chains of command." Even the late former president Mobutu Sese Seko "did not want the army to become too strong, for fear of a coup d'état ...

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That man was Laurent-Désiré Kabila (father of Joseph Kabila). The army of then-president Mobutu Sese Seko – who had ruled DRC (it was called Zaïre at the time) for more than 30 years – crumbled as ...