Vol 63 No 14 | CONGO-KINSHASABRITAIN ENRC tests Serious Fraud Office 7th July 2022 A slew of court cases by Kazakh-owned Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, aimed at stymying a bribery investigation, may be running out of steam. Now the critical question is...
Vol 63 No 10 | KENYARWANDAUGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Kenya sponsors risky anti-militia plan 12th May 2022 Nairobi has assembled regional states to fight Congolese armed groups, but they include the very countries the groups depend on for aid An agreement by regional governments to form a joint military force to deploy against armed groups in Congo-Kinshasa looks like a diplomatic masterstroke by Kenya, which is coordinating...
Vol 63 No 10 | SOUTH AFRICACONGO-KINSHASA Conglomerates race for cobalt 12th May 2022 Two of South Africa's leading mining companies – Anglo American and African Rainbow Minerals (ARM) – are scrambling for mining rights in Congo-Kinshasa. They are concentrating efforts on...
Vol 63 No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASA Tshisekedi helps Gertler in fight with US 17th March 2022 An accord with Kinshasa allows the sanctioned businessman to control cash from what Washington officials label as 'opaque and corrupt' deals In a dramatic about-turn, President Félix Tshisekedi is offering to help one of his predecessor's closest business allies currently under United States sanctions for obtaining assets in Congo-Kinshasa...
Vol 63 No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASA President Tshisekedi cuts a deal with Dan Gertler 4th March 2022 A pact to take back tainted mining assets could be part of wider damage-limitation by a notorious fixer and his partners A multi-billion dollar corruption scandal over some of the world's most prized copper and cobalt mines is heading towards dénouement, after Congolese authorities signed what they called 'a...
Vol 63 No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASA Spymaster's arrest heralds purge 24th February 2022 President Tshisekedi's move against his intelligence chief François Beya was about consolidating power, not thwarting a coup plot Three weeks after President Félix Tshisekedi ordered the arrest of his senior security advisor François Beya for plotting a coup, a shroud of silence still surrounds the affair....
Vol 63 No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASAAFRICA IN 2022 Hostage to the bad old ways 5th January 2022 President Tshisekedi seems to have sewn up the 2023 elections, while realpolitik has put paid to his anti-corruption agenda How time flies. In 2022 President Félix Tshisekedi enters the fourth year of his five-year 'mandate', with little so far to show the Congolese for it. His flagship...
Vol 62 No 25 | CONGO-KINSHASAEAST AFRICA Getting connected 16th December 2021 Congo-Kinshasa's imminent membership of the East African Community is prompting a jostle for position as its neighbours seek to agree new infrastructure deals and trade accords. Entering the...
Vol 62 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Inside the mining mega deal 2nd December 2021 Touted as a new development model, the 'deal of the century' set a terrible example on corruption A scholar who delivers lectures on doing business in Africa has emerged as the lynchpin of a massive bribery scandal drawing in Chinese business magnates and some of...
Vol 62 No 24 | GABONCONGO-KINSHASA Bank admits wrongdoing but hits out at data leak 27th November 2021 Central Africa's biggest bank, BGFI, says it cleaned up its operations in Kinshasa back in 2018 After refusing to respond for years to accusations of grand corruption in its operations in Congo-Kinshasa, central Africa's biggest bank has come as close as its lawyers would...