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...
Vol 53 No 15 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA M23 makes the running 19th July 2012 The mutineers hold the cards and are setting the agenda: they may strike Goma soon Although six governments signed an agreement in Addis Ababa on 15 July to promote security in eastern Congo-Kinshasa, rebels still threaten Goma, the base of the United Nations...
Vol 53 No 15 | GABONGUINEA Sam with a plan 19th July 2012 The fog around Samuel Mebiame is clearing. His signature appears,along with those of ministers Mohamed Lamine Fofana and KerfallaYansané, on the controversial loan Guinea took from the South...
Vol 53 No 15 | CONGO-KINSHASA Stifling dissent 19th July 2012 The murder of human rights campaigner Floribert Chebeya Bahizire in a Kinshasa police building in June 2010 has come back to haunt President Joseph Kabila and may...
Vol 53 No 14 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Jitters as Bozizé dumps ally 6th July 2012 The Finance Minister’s sacking is a sop to donors and a sign of the government’s fragility After nine years at the President’s right hand, Finance and Budget Minister Sylvain Ndoutingaï finds himself out in the cold. Ndoutingaï, who is also General François Bozizé’s nephew,...
Vol 53 No 14 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Bandits at large 6th July 2012 The security situation outside Bangui is getting worse and the political crisis has not helped. Unsurprisingly, the offensive against the Baba Laddé movement was reported as successful, despite...
Vol 53 No 14 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASAUNITED NATIONS Rebels aim for Kivu secession 6th July 2012 Rwanda not only supports the M23 rebellion, it may be helping create a new state on its border with Congo After a protracted delay and much discussion, at the end of June the United Nations finally published its investigation into Rwandan involvement in the rebellion in eastern Congo-Kinshasa...
Vol 53 No 14 | CONGO-KINSHASA Obama’s Congo law 6th July 2012 Rwanda’s actions in support of the east Congolese rebels, according to the evidence of the United Nations investigation, indicate a breach of a little-known United States law, the...