Congo - Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire (ADFL)

The new wind blowing may be just as stench-filled as the old wind. The ADFL was formed October 18, 1996, in Lemera, South Kivu, but is an outgrowth of Kabila's old Marxist group, the Parti de la Revolution Populaire founded in the '60s. The Rebel Alliance, as it's popularly called-whose official seal is Disney's Lion King-is an ever-expanding army of rubber-booted soldiers who trudged some 1700 kilometers on foot through the jungles and mountains to reach Kinshasa in only seven months. These guys should've been sponsored by Timberland. To help fund their drive to the capital, the rebels taxed foreign journalists. Visiting a rebel-held area cost journos nearly US$600. At arrival in Goma, correspondents paid a US$70 fee, US$60 for press credentials, US$65 for a safe passage pass and another US$8 as an arrival fee. With eastern Zaire lacking an international telephone system, reporters had to bring in their own satellite phones, which the rebels taxed US$350 a pop. When leaving, there was a US$20 departure tax and another US$11 in "airport fees." If you thought Congo's rebellion wasn't given enough media coverage, now you know why.