Vol 56 No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASA Muzito's Waterloo 20th March 2015 Former Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito, one of President Joseph Kabila's main allies, has been named in connection with a Belgian investigation into foreign political bribery. The Belgian public...
Vol 56 No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASA Poll date set 19th February 2015 The Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI, the electoral commission) has named 27 November as the date for the next parliamentary and presidential elections. The announcement came on 12...
Vol 56 No 3 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila's conundrum 6th February 2015 A wave of repression costing dozens of lives and hundreds of arrests failed to prevent Parliament on 25 January from defeating President Joseph Kabila's bid to postpone next...
Vol 56 No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASA Hell no, he won’t go 9th January 2015 Kabila’s determination to stay in power regardless of the legalities poses major risks – but the economy is looking up Speculation is rising that the probable postponement of local elections due in June and October is part of a plan by President Joseph Kabila to put off next...
Vol 55 No 22 | CONGO-KINSHASABRITAIN Don't look now 7th November 2014 The High Court in London ruled late last month that the hearing on the law firm Dechert's disputed bill to Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation should be held behind...
Vol 55 No 20 | CONGO-KINSHASA Conflict over conflict minerals 8th October 2014 Arguments grow over whether measures to ensure mineral exports are conflict-free need strengthening or are damaging local society An open letter from a group of 70 academics and specialists in Congo and the Great Lakes region has claimed that legislation and other measures to control conflict...
Vol 55 No 19 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila for ever 25th September 2014 The President wants the constitution changed to allow him to stay in power after 2016 but opposition is mounting Faced with fierce opposition to amending the constitution so that he can run for a third term, President Joseph Kabila is pushing for a new one. He has...
Vol 55 No 19 | CONGO-KINSHASA Reshaping the army 25th September 2014 President Kabila is restructuring the army and putting his loyalists in command. It is a sign he means to stay on, come what may A sweeping restructuring of the army command is the strongest sign yet that President Joseph Kabila Kabange plans to ignore the constitution and seek re-election for a third...
Vol 55 No 14 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Puzzle of FDLR intentions 11th July 2014 The notorious militia is disarming but some say that’s a blind. A complex mix of motives, alliances and regional interests is at work Central and Southern African leaders have demanded the disarmament of the Rwandan Hutu militia, the Forces démocratiques de libération du Rwanda. At a summit in Luanda on 2...
Vol 55 No 13 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila defiant on third term 27th June 2014 The President tries to ignore opposition and international objections to his changing the law to stay on in power President Joseph Kabila seems determined to serve a third term of office, although his attempts to make the idea popular at home have failed. Nor has he responded...