Laurent (Frenchlɔrɑ̃). 1940–2001, Congolese politician and guerrilla leader: he overthrew the Mobutu regime in Zaïre, becoming president of the renamed Democratic Republic of the Congo (1997–2001): assassinated
Kabila in American English
(kəˈbilə)
noun
Laurent Désiré (louˈʀɑːn deiziˈʀei) born 1939–2001, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 1997–2001; assassinated