Congo-Kinshasa

President Joseph Kabila and rebel leaders Jean-Pierre Bemba and Adolphe Onosumba are due to meet in Abuja, Nigeria on 13 December to speed up negotiations to end the...

We are on the verge of reaching a breakthrough which will bring permanent peace and stability', said Nelson Mandela, former South African President and Burundi's peace mediator, on...

The Kinshasa government's abandonment of the Inter-Congolese dialogue on 19 October raises new doubts about its commitment to the Lusaka peace accord. Foreign Minister Léonard She Okitundu and...

Two big questions face former President Ketumile Masire of Botswana as he prepares to organise Congo-Kinshasa's political conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 15 October: who should attend...

The latest effort to clean up state companies isn't as sweeping as it looks. President Joseph Kabila has suspended the boards of 57 of them, appointed provisional management...

President Joseph Kabila has convinced international donors that he is worth backing. Aid is starting, slowly and conditionally, to flow towards Kinshasa. In March, the European Union announced...

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...

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...

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...