Vol 53 No 20 | CONGO-KINSHASAFRANCE La Francophonie 5th October 2012 Cries of disappointment resound from those expecting François Hollande’s election as President to make a decisive break with the clandestine commercial networks between Paris and its African...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 12 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINABRIEFING China Development Bank eyes the Grand Inga 2nd October 2012 China Development Bank has expressed its interest in backing Congo-Kinshasa’s colossal Grand Inga Dam project. The announcement was made during the visit of Zou Lixing, a CDB Vice-President,...
Vol 53 No 19 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA New York showdown 21st September 2012 Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame take their battles over the Kivu provinces to the UN General Assembly Congolese ministers have been energetically lobbying in New York ahead of a high-level meeting on Central Africa at the United Nations General Assembly which opens on 25 September....
Vol 53 No 18 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila seeks succour abroad 7th September 2012 Discontent is widespread and the Francophone summit will do little to cover up the national cracks President Joseph Kabila Kabange got an unexpected present on 27 August when his French opposite number, François Hollande, said he would attend the 12-14 October Francophone summit in...
Vol 53 No 18 | CONGO-KINSHASA Rebels and defections 7th September 2012 The Kivu crisis is diverting attention from other provinces where order is collapsing. In Katanga, two Republican Guard soldiers at Lubumbashi Airport were shot dead during squabbling over...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 11 | GABONASIA Mixed messages 3rd September 2012 The Parti Démocratique Gabonais government is sending mixed messages to its Asian partners, to its people and to the regions hosting several major projects. Its representatives have...
Vol 53 No 16 | CAMEROON Biya swings the axe 3rd August 2012 The President was enraged by a massive fraud at the national airline but has been biding his time before taking his revenge In February 2010, Marafa Hamidou Yaya, then Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralisation, confessed to the United States Ambassador, Janet E. Garvey, that he was worried. 'He half-joked,...
Vol 53 No 16 | CAMEROON Severely turbulent airline 3rd August 2012 In 2001, President Paul Biya said he wanted a new presidential aircraft to replace his predecessor's ageing machine. However, since Cameroon was then applying for inclusion in...
Vol 53 No 16 | CONGO-KINSHASA M23 moves up 3rd August 2012 The rebels of the Mouvement du 23 mars in North Kivu Province were only 20 kilometres north of Goma and looked likely to attack the town, sources there...
Vol 5 (AAC) No 10 | CAMEROONCHINABRIEFING Contracts and complaints 31st July 2012 Amid unprecedented criticism from the European Union and strikes on several worksites, Chinese companies are having a rough time in Cameroon. With Hanlong Mining’s backing of the Mbalam...