 At the same time Lissouba personally visited Rwanda, Uganda and Namibia, attempting to gain the support of their leaders.He publicly accused the Cobra of employing supporters of former Zairian president Mobutu Sese Seko, prompting the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Laurent Kabila, to send several hundred soldiers to Lissouba's aid.On 29 September 1997 shells have fallen in several districts of Kinshasa left twenty-one dead.