Vol 42 No 18 | CONGO-KINSHASA Clean-up or cover-up 14th September 2001 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...
Vol 42 No 14 | CONGO-KINSHASA Friends abroad, foes at home 13th July 2001 Aid has restarted but dialogue has stalled and foreign troops stay put 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...
Vol 42 No 14 | CONGO-KINSHASA Multi-party 13th July 2001 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...
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-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...
Vol 42 No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASA Hope springs eternal 23rd February 2001 Young President Kabila has done more than expected for peace Just when there are glimmerings of hope for an end to the war, new questions have arisen about Western commitment to backing African peace-brokering in the region. Hopes...