Information on whether the person named in the Information Request was a co-founder of the Union for Democratic and Social Progress (UDPS) could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Sources Consulted

An information request was sent to the UDPS representative in Canada.

Africa Confidential [London] 1980-1990.

Info-Congo/Kinshasa 1997-2001.

Info-Zaire [Montréal] 1992-1997.

The International Who's Who 1997-2000.

IRB Databases.

Resource Centre country file. Zaïre/RDC 1995-1999.

Websites including:

Africatime.

Allafrica.

BBC Africa.

Congonline.

Digitalcongo.net.

Human Rights Watch (HRW).

International Crisis Group (ICG).

Médias congolais.

MISNA.

Observatoire de l'Afrique centrale.

Reliefweb.

Le Soir.

UDPS.

La Voix des sans voix (VSV).

Search Engines including:

Google.

Lokace.

Lycos.