Vol 42 No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASA The man from uncle 20th April 2001 'Joseph Kabila has chased away the uncles at last', proclaimed Le Forum des As on 15 April. The Kinshasa daily was reflecting widespread public approval of the President's...
Vol 42 No 7 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Settling Sassou 6th April 2001 The President wants a peace process - on his own terms President Denis Sassou-Nguesso knows a lot about the national conferences and conventions that are supposed to precede democracy. The last one in his country, in 1992, threw him...
Vol 42 No 7 | CONGO-KINSHASA Plots galore 6th April 2001 Strange tales surround Laurent Kabila's murder (AC Vol 42 No 6). The main witness, Emile Mota, then head of economics in Kabila's office, was arrested in Lubumbashi while...
Vol 42 No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASA Slow, slow 23rd March 2001 Western powers like Joseph Kabila but that doesn't mean a quick peace Peace on the ground is no nearer in Congo-Kinshasa since Laurent-Désiré Kabila's murder on 16 January but the diplomats are smiling more (AC Vol 41 No 4). Son...
Vol 42 No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASA Generals, tontons and kidogos 23rd March 2001 Two months after his father's death, President Joseph Kabila has reshuffled his government and his staff officers, around the figure of his 'uncle' Gaëtan Kakudji, a cousin of...
Vol 42 No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASA Question of survival 9th March 2001 The arrest of Colonel Eddy Kapend on 24 February disturbs the uneasy transition of power in Kinshasa. This is the man who shot the man who shot dead...
Vol 42 No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASA Hope springs eternal 23rd February 2001 Young President Kabila has done more than expected for peace Just when there are glimmerings of hope for an end to the war, new questions have arisen about Western commitment to backing African peace-brokering in the region. Hopes...
Vol 42 No 3 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Saved by the cash 9th February 2001 A quick subsidy helps the Patassé government out of a crisis The United Nations Security Council on 23 January expressed its 'grave preoccupation' with the situation in the Central African Republic - less than a year after it had...
Vol 42 No 3 | CONGO-KINSHASA Le Petit looks good 9th February 2001 Elegant in his slightly baggy Kinshasa-style suit, President Joseph Kabila (AC Vol 42 No 2) won new friends in Washington, New York and Brussels. 'Le Petit', as some...
Vol 42 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila est mort, vive Kabila! 26th January 2001 The plot to kill the President has created the country's first dynasty and left a door ajar for peace After a series of unexplained delays, Joseph Kabila was due to be sworn in to succeed his father at the Presidency on 25 January and Congolese officials insist...