Kabila the Son, the Father, and now the Holy Ghost

Joseph Kabila, the former president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, at a press conference on December 9, 2018. PHOTO | JUNIOR D. KANNAH | AFP

The Great Kabila Political Drama in the Democratic Republic of Congo has just taken a new twist, as we journos love to say.

Remember it all started in May 1997 when, riding on the back of the Rwanda army, Laurent Kabila came to power, ousting long-ruling dictator Mobutu Sese Seko. Kabila fell out with his benefactors just under two years later. In January 2001, he was assassinated.