Vol 42 No 12 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Plot and panic 15th June 2001 The rebels are beaten but the peace is precarious 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...
Vol 42 No 12 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC The Mobutu factor 15th June 2001 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...
Vol 42 No 10 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Brothers Nguema 18th May 2001 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...
Vol 42 No 9 | CONGO-KINSHASA War economy 4th May 2001 The UN report on the pillage of Congo saw just one side of the issue 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...
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...