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Out of Africa.(Congo president Joseph Kabila meets with foreign politicians)(Brief Article)

Newsweek International

| February 12, 2001 | Kuchment, Anna; Beith, Malcolm | COPYRIGHT 2001 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Congo's new president, Joseph Kabila, brought his campaign for international legitimacy to Washington last week and won the first round. He held his own in meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell--and even with Rwandan President Paul Kagame, one of Congo's "worst enemies," according to a Congolese diplomat. Kabila made a show of taking international relations seriously, something his father-- assassinated last month--never did.

Despite Kabila's calls for more U.S. military and diplomatic involvement in Congo's crisis, he ...

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