Countries Show all countries Select a country. Gesucht wurde auf ecoi. Minorities at Risk: Chronology for Ngbandi in the Dem. Mai The rebels insisted there would be no sweeping penalties for past misdeeds in Zaire, and they reinstated many Mobutu officials in areas they have captured.
FE], 8. Both men were reportedly officers of late Mobutu Sese Seko's elite forces and were thought to be the "leaders of an armed group that attacked government civil and military facilities" on 28 March ibid. However, the same source reported that they numbered 13 in all and, although they were officially identified as being mostly military and former presidential guards under Mobutu Sese Seko, their names were not specified ibid.
Of the 88 people originally arrested in relation to the attempted coup, 6 were released. The number of detainees has been implicitly corroborated by the Congolese authorities: [translation] ". This number supposedly reflects [translation] "almost all of the armed forces" implicated in the events of 28 March ibid.
Only the Congolese newspaper Le Soft offered a contradictory point of view, claiming that the true mastermind behind the coup attempt was President Joseph Kabila 6 May September However, some supporters of Senator and MLC President Bemba, who left the country under MONUC escort following March fighting with pro-Kabila forces which eliminated his militia as a viable military force, claimed that he was effectively in self-imposed exile.
He was in principle free to return, but claimed to fear possible prosecution and assassination if he did so. In addition, it sent staff to the airport on days of arrival of flights from Europe. The following were its findings:. In the best case scenario, they are freed within one to three hours. In the worst case, they are sent to a detention facility in the centre of town, and released after further verification.
