Vol 48 No 22 | CONGO-KINSHASA The wooing of Kinshasa 2nd November 2007 President Joseph Kabila and his cabinet are much in demand as access to Congo-Kinshasa’s minerals is again contested.
Vol 48 No 20 | CONGO-KINSHASAANALYSIS Le scandale géologique 5th October 2007 Under-resourced and under fire - and under investigation again The government Commission reviewing up to 60 of Congo's mining contracts has quickly come under fire. Politicians, lobbyists and companies question its claims of objectivity, rigour and, indeed,...
Vol 48 No 20 | CONGO-KINSHASA Contracts under review 5th October 2007 Some of the companies mentioned on the list of 60 contracts under review - and some that weren't
Vol 48 No 19 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kasongo v CAMEC 21st September 2007 Former England cricketer Phil Edmonds’s roller-coaster ride in Africa is going up again after a 19 September court ruling in Kinshasa recognising the legality of his Central African...
Vol 48 No 18 | CONGO-KINSHASA More fighting, more aid 7th September 2007 Renewed fighting in the eastern provinces could help the government to qualify more quickly for aid Theories abound about who is funding and arming the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) in the eastern provinces of Congo-Kinshasa. General Laurent Nkunda, the Congolese Tutsi...
Vol 48 No 14 | CONGO-KINSHASA Nkunda in the hills 6th July 2007 From a farmhouse in the Masisi Hills, dissident General Laurent Nkunda has told Africa Confidential that he is ready to fight to the bitter end to prevent what...
Vol 48 No 13 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kivu clashes ahead 22nd June 2007 Fears are growing of a confrontation between the forces of General Laurent Nkunda and the government's Forces Armées Congolaises in North Kivu Province next month. We hear that...
Vol 48 No 11 | CONGO-KINSHASA Dollars and mines 25th May 2007 A new government-backed investigation into billions of dollars of mining contracts lacks openness and the time to do the job The government's announcement last month that it will investigate about 60 mining contracts, agreed while civil wars raged from 1996 to 2003, risks disappointing everyone. Mining companies, especially...