Nairobi, April 13 -- The war in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is likely to rekindle the rivalry between former president Joseph Kabila and his successor Felix Tshisekedi.

On April 5, Eric Nkuba, a strategic and political adviser to Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) leader Corneille Nangaa, who had been arrested in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and then extradited to Kinshasa, named the former Congolese president as one of the military supporters of the AFC rebels.

"Joseph Kabila is the exact opposite of what he is accused of," the FCC statement said, adding that the former head of state is known as "a man of peace and dialogue, a patriot and proven democrat, a statesman who respects the Constitution of the republic, as well as his oath to r...