Pierre Yambuya
Mzee Pierre Yambuya Lotika Kibesi | |
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Born | Stanleyville, Belgian Congo | December 12, 1950
Died | 31 July 2019 Belluno, Italy[1] | (aged 68)
Buried | |
Allegiance | Forces armées zaïroises (FAZ) |
Service/ | Force aérienne zaïroise (FAZA) |
Years of service | 1970-1984 |
Rank | lieutenant |
Battles/wars | Shaba I; Shaba II |
Pierre Yambuya Lotika Kibesi (
Biography
Yambuya was born in
As an adolescent, he fought in the Comité national de libération alongside Laurent-Désiré Kabila during the Simba rebellion in 1964.[6] He subsequently went into exile in Sudan, Uganda, Egypt, and Bulgaria.[7]
Yambuya returned to Congo in 1966 and, after obtaining his high school degree in
He fought during the
On 30 October 1984, troops of Yambuya's superior general Bolozi arrested him when he refused to take part in a special mission and was mistreated in prison. An officer helps him to escape and he subsequently fled to Rome.[13] He began to work for Amnesty International in Rome, published his memoir, gave interviews to newspapers, and participated in conferences.[14]
In November 1996, Yambuya joins his old rebel ally Laurent-Désiré Kabila at the AFDL.[15] After Kabila replaced Mobutu as the country's President, Yambuya returned and founded the Directorate General of Migration (DGM) and was its Director from 1997 to 2004.[16] Joseph Kabila succeeded his father Laurent-Désiré who was assassinated, in 2001. Adversary to Joseph Kabila's regime, the security service decided to arrest Yambuya who once again went into exile. He appeared in documentaries such as Thierry Michel's Mobutu, King of Zaire about Mobutu's presidency. He published several volumes about "Neocolonialism in Congo", in which he proposes the theory that Joseph is not the biological child of Laurent-Désiré Kabila.
Publications
- Yambuya, Pierre (1991). Zaïre: het Abattoir. Over gruweldaden van het leger van Mobutu. ISBN 9789064455261.
- Yambuya, Pierre (1991). Zaïre: l'abattoir. Un pilote de Mobutu parle. ISBN 9782872620364.
- Yambuya, Pierre (1996). L'Autopsie d'une armée sans cœur ni âme. Mobutu, je suis témoin oculaire de vos crimes. Kinshasa: Editions Zazeta.
- Yambuya, Pierre (2003). Le développement de la RDC par la Direction générale de migration (PDF). Kinshasa: Direction générale de migration.
- Yambuya Lotika kibesi, Pierre. Le néocolonialisme au Congo. ISBN 2952639760.
See also
- Battle of Kolwezi – 1978 battle of Kolwezi
- Mobutu, King of Zaire – 1999 film by Thierry Michel
- Operation Leopard – 1980 film by Raoul Coutard
- Shaba I – Historical military conflict
- Shaba II – Historical military conflict
References
- ^ Mulongo, Freddy (7 August 2019). "Témoignage: Pierre Yambuya Lotika Kibesi "Patriote et Lumumbiste pure jus" !". blogs.mediapart.fr. Mediapart. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Mulongo, Freddy (22 August 2019). "RDC: Mzée Pierre Yambuya Lotika sera enterré à Kasangulu dans le Kongo-Central!". blogs.mediapart.fr. Mediapart. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Yambuya, Pierre (2003). Le développement de la RDC par la Direction générale de migration (PDF). Kinshasa: Direction générale de migration. p. 48.
- ^ Mulongo, Freddy (5 August 2019). "RDC: Hommage à M'zée Pierre Yambuya Lotika Kibesi qui s'en est allé !". Réveil FM. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Yambuya, Pierre (2003). Le développement de la RDC par la Direction générale de migration (PDF). Kinshasa: Direction générale de migration. p. 48.
- ^ Mulongo, Freddy (7 August 2019). "Témoignage: Pierre Yambuya Lotika Kibesi "Patriote et Lumumbiste pure jus" !". blogs.mediapart.fr. Mediapart. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Yambuya, Pierre (2003). Le développement de la RDC par la Direction générale de migration (PDF). Kinshasa: Direction générale de migration. p. 48.
- ^ Yambuya, Pierre (2003). Le développement de la RDC par la Direction générale de migration (PDF). Kinshasa: Direction générale de migration. p. 48.
- ISBN 9789064455261.
- ISBN 9789064455261.
- ISBN 9789064455261.
- ISBN 978-0-253-02150-2.
- ISBN 9789064455261.
- ISBN 9789064455261.
- ^ Yambuya, Pierre (2003). Le développement de la RDC par la Direction générale de migration (PDF). Kinshasa: Direction générale de migration. p. 48.
- ^ Mulongo, Freddy (22 August 2019). "RDC: Mzée Pierre Yambuya Lotika sera enterré à Kasangulu dans le Kongo-Central!". blogs.mediapart.fr. Mediapart. Retrieved 12 December 2020.