Vol 43 No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASA High stakes at Sun City 22nd February 2002 Slow-flowing funds and covert bargains put peace-talks at risk Peacemaking in the Congo has been a gamble so it's fitting that the next venue for talks is South Africa's casino capital, Sun City. First, though, the man...
Vol 43 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA Under the volcano 25th January 2002 Even the latest catastrophe in Goma isn't pushing the combatants into negotiations The mile-wide river of lava spewing from Mount Nyiragonga last week devastated the rebel capital of Goma but hasn't changed the combatants' entrenched positions in the war. President...
Vol 42 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASA Santa's leopards 7th December 2001 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...
Vol 42 No 21 | BURUNDICONGO-KINSHASA Piecemeal 26th October 2001 Nelson Mandela's plan annoys almost eveyone but there's no alternative in sight 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...
Vol 42 No 21 | BURUNDICONGO-KINSHASA Walk out 26th October 2001 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...
Vol 42 No 19 | CONGO-KINSHASA Dialogue in Addis 28th September 2001 The many sides in Congo's wars have started talking; young President Kabila may yet prevail 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...
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...