Vol 38 No 13 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE And across the river 20th June 1997 Within weeks of Mobutu's fall, Brazzaville erupts on the other side of the Congo River None of the protagonists emerge with any credit from the murderous struggle for power in Brazzaville. The fighting precedes the presidential election, which President Pascal Lissouba still insists...
Vol 38 No 8 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Across the river 11th April 1997 Money is sloshing around Brazzaville. The Kinshasa bourgeoisie (new and old) has fled across the river and is making its presence (and its money) felt. So are the...
Vol 37 No 18 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Lissouba lite 6th September 1996 The President is in trouble unless he takes his new Prime Minister seriously The President's priorities are clear, for once. He wants to be reelected in June 1997. Soon thereafter, Elf-Aquitaine will start to pump oil from its new wells at...