The Congolese president, Joseph Kabila, has accused the Rwandan government of helping the former rebel soldiers who stormed Bukavu last week.

The current Congolese president, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, as well as many senior government officials, belong to this group.

There has been criticism of the deal in France, pointing out that Denis Sassou-Nguesso, the Congolese president, is widely considered to be severely corrupt.

"Kagame still wants to overthrow this Government and put in place a Congolese president who will be a puppet of Rwanda."

In 1998, the new Congolese president, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, had a falling out with his foreign backers, who began another rebellion to put a more amenable government into place.

The two nations have been close allies, both fighting to overthrow the government of the Congolese president, Laurent Kabila.

The Congolese president provides Curry with the use of a steam train along with government soldiers.

Upon the assassination of then-Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, Iléo was declared prime minister by Congolese president, Joseph Kasavubu, on 5 September 1960.

These were disbanded by an RPF-sponsored invasion in 1996 that replaced the Congolese president and resulted in the First Congo War.

The Congolese president, Joseph Kasavubu, fires Patrice Lumumba's entire government, and also places Lumumba under house arrest.