André Kisase Ngandu
Congolese military officer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
André Kisase Ngandu (died January 1997) was a Congolese rebel leader. An insurgent in the Simba rebellion of the 1960s, he immigrated to East and later West Germany where he lived for many years. He resumed his rebel activity with Ugandan support in the 1990s and emerged as leader of the National Council of Resistance for Democracy (CNRD) which waged an insurgency in eastern Zaire (present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo).
André Kisase Ngandu | |
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Nickname(s) | "The German"[1] |
Born | c. 1940s |
Died | January 1997 Near Goma, Zaire |
Allegiance | Simba rebels National Council of Resistance for Democracy (CNRD) Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL) |
Years of service | ?–1967, 1990–1997 |
Rank | General |
Commands held | CNRD AFDL |
Battles/wars | Simba rebellion First Congo War † |
In 1996, he agreed to unite his force with other opposition factions, forming the Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (AFDL), becoming one of its main commanders. A Congolese nationalist, Kisase wanted to overthrow not just Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, but also make the AFDL a force independent of foreign influence. The latter stance resulted in him falling into disfavor with Rwanda, one of the AFDL's main supporters. The Rwandans and Kisase's main rival within the AFDL, Laurent-Désiré Kabila, probably arranged his murder in rural eastern Zaire in January 1997.