Those hoping to be in the dialogue include an astonishing 450-odd so-called political parties. Without elections, their strength is unknown. Very few have much backing. Genuine parties include...

teodorin-nguema-obiang">teodorin Nguema Obiang is back home in Malabo, as the race to succeed his father, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, heats up. As United States' oil companies and...

President Idriss Déby sailed through the presidential election in the first round amid loud questions about electoral fraud. Many Chadians are challenging the results. While France and the...

The rebels have been put to flight. Political support has come from France and from several African governments. The elected President, Ange-Félix Patassé, seems more secure than ever...

Seen from the other bank of the Oubangui River, the failed putsch in the Central African Republic reflects Congo-Kinshasa's own internal conflict. About 200 Congolese rebel fighters from...

The latest intrigues among Equatorial Guinea's ruling family indicate the succession struggle is heating up in Africa's emerging oil emirate. The stakes are high: the country's current oil...

A report from a United Nations' expert group on the pillage of Congo-Kinshasa's wealth by outsiders is having unexpected consequences. A group of President Joseph Kabila's advisors touring...

'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...

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...

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...