Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Kinshasa’s missing millions 12th February 2010 Evidence of grand corruption mounts in Beijing’s showcase $6 billion barter deal with the Kinshasa government Over US$23 million in signature bonuses payable on China’s $6 billion Sino-Congolaise des Mines (Sicomines) deal with the Kinshasa government have been stolen according to a probe by a commission set...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Fixing Kinshasa's broken boulevards 12th February 2010 Agreed in November 2009, the second phase of infrastructure deals associated with the Sicomines joint venture is worth US$400 million and is expected to provide Congolese President Joseph Kabila with a...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASA Donald Kaberuka 12th February 2010 President, African Development Bank As President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka received red-carpet treatment on his visit to China on 3-6 February. A troop of dignitaries turned out to welcome...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASA Evariste Boshab 12th February 2010 President, National Assembly, Congo-Kinshasa Evariste Boshab, Secretary General of the ruling Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocratie, has become an essential contact for Congo-courting diplomats, particularly those from Asia’s...
Vol 51 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA The UN looks for the exit 22nd January 2010 Internal scandals, management crises and new fighting in the east encourage the peacekeepers to leave while they can The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has until the end of April to report to the UN Security Council on the future of the peacekeeping mission, the...
Vol 51 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA Sanctions and the unsanctioned 22nd January 2010 Africa Confidential has obtained a copy of the 2007 and 2008 confidential lists which the United Nations Panel of Experts submitted to the UN Security Council for designation...
Vol 51 No 2 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Problems on the home front 22nd January 2010 Despite President Kagame's rapprochement with both France and Congo-Kinshasa, he faces dissent among some of the former faithful The new year started well for President Paul Kagame's international standing. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is encouraging a rapprochement. An independent inquiry (see Pointer) has scotched the...
Vol 51 No 2 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Two generals fail to make peace 22nd January 2010 The divisions in the Conseil National pour la Défense du Peuple infuriate Rwandan President Paul Kagame, as he struggles to balance the interests of rival party factions with...
Vol 51 No 2 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Who gets the money? 22nd January 2010 The governing Rwandan Patriotic Front has been quarrelling about money as well as politics. In recent years the RPF has been privatising its assets, notably Tri-Star Holdings, a...
Vol 51 No 2 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Is Colonel Massi dead? 22nd January 2010 After weeks of speculation, the wife and political allies of politician-turned-rebel leader Colonel Charles Massi, 57, are convinced he is dead, on the instructions of Central African Republic...