By PATRICK ILUNGA More by this AuthorProminent Congolese scholar Ernest Wamba dia Wamba has died, bringing to an end the era of one of Africa’s foremost pro-democracy campaigners. Prof Wamba died on Wednesday morning at the University Clinic of Kinshasa where he had been admitted for several days. An academic and politician, Prof Wamba had an illustrious career both in the DR Congo and around Africa. Prof Wamba was influential in bringing peace to Burundi in talks mediated by former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere. In 1999, this movement split into an RCD-Goma wing and a RCD-Kisangani wing of which Prof Wamba became president.

Source: Daily Nation July 17, 2020 07:54 UTC