Dokument #1205911
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
No information on divisions within the Congolese Liberation Movement (Mouvement de libération du Congo, MLC) could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate within the time constraints for this Response. However, without providing details, Africa Confidential stated, on 5 November 2004, that some "[d]iplomats regard [Congolese] National Assembly President Olivier Kamitatu (number two in the MLC behind [Jean-Pierre] Bemba), as sophisticated and politically astute and [that they] have tried to persuade him to break with Bemba" (4).
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 for refugee protection. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.
Reference
Africa Confidential [London]. 5
November 2004. Vol. 45, No. 22. "Congo-Kinshasa: Battle for the
Palace."
Additional Sources Consulted
Publications: Africa
Confidential, Africa Research Bulletin, Jeune
Afrique/L'Intelligent, Kessing's Record of World
Events, Resource Centre country file.
Internet sites, including:
AllAfrica, Amnesty International, African Association for the
Defense of Human Rights (ASADHO), European Country of Origin
Information Network (ECOI), Human Rights Watch (HRW), Integrated
Regional Information Network (IRIN), International Federation for
Human Rights (FIDH), Missionary Service News Agency (MISNA), United
Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC), United
States Department of State.
Whether divisions exist within the Congolese Liberation Movement (Mouvement de libération du Congo, MLC); if so, the objectives of each of the factions and the names of their leaders, as well as the relations between them (2002 - May 2005) [RDC43559.FE] (Anfragebeantwortung, Französisch)