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Eddy Kapend is a military officer from the
Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), also known as the DR Congo, Congo-Kinshasa, or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Republic of the Congo), is a country in Central Africa. By land area, it is t ...
who served as former president
Laurent-Désiré Kabila Laurent-Désiré Kabila (; 27 November 1939 – 16 January 2001) usually known as Laurent Kabila or Kabila the Father (American English, US: ), was a Congolese rebel and politician who served as the third president of the Democratic Republic of t ...
's close military advisor and as the second-in-command of the
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. In 2001, Kabila was
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by Rachidi Kasereka in his office, and Kapend killed Rachidi minutes later. In a trial widely criticized by international human rights organizations, Kapend and 80 others were convicted of participation in Kabila's killing and were sentenced to death. Released on January 8 by presidential pardon, he was exceptionally appointed by the current president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi, as brigadier general commander of the army in the province of Haut-Katanga on October 19, 2023.Reyntjens, p.91Turner 2013a, pp. 46-74Turner 2013b A 2011 investigative film, ''
Murder in Kinshasa ''Murder in Kinshasa'' is a 2011 ''Al Jazeera'' investigative film suggesting that Congolese president Laurent-Désiré Kabila was assassinated in 2001 through the efforts of the Rwandan government, with the backing of the United States.Reyntjens ...
'', reviewed the evidence that Kapend was not involved in Kabila's killing.Zajtman and RabaudZajtman, ''Al Jazeera'' After Kabila was killed, Justice Minister Mwenze Kongolo and Kapend reported that Kabila had named his son
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as successor should Kabila die in office. In 2021, President
Félix Tshisekedi Félix Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo (; born 13 June 1963) is a Congolese politician who has served as the fifth president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, since 2019. He was the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (Demo ...
released Kapend from prison on humanitarian grounds.BBC, 8 January 2021 In August 2024, Eddy Kapend was promoted to the rank of brigadier general in an army reshuffle.


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* BBC, 8 January 2021, Laurent Kabila: DR Congo frees soldiers linked to assassination

* Michael Newton, 2014, Famous Assassinations in World History: An Encyclopedia. ABC CLIO, . * Filip Reyntjens, 2013, Political Governance in Post-Genocide Rwanda. Cambridge University Press, . * Thomas Turner, 2013a, Congo. Wiley, . * Thomas Turner, 2013b, Will Rwanda End its Meddling in Congo? Current History, Volume 112, Issue 754, pp. 188–194. * Arnaud Zajtman, 28 October 2011, "Murder in Kinshasa." ''Al Jazeera''

. * Arnaud Zajtman and Marlène Rabaud, 9 June 2011, "Murder in Kinshasa." ''Al Jazeera''

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