Vol 47 No 23 | CONGO-KINSHASA After the results 17th November 2006 If accepted, President Kabila's win offers a chance for Congo to consolidate its political settlement and to develop its mineral resources. The streets of Kinshasa were eerily quiet for hours on 15 November after the Commission Electorale Indépendente (CEI) had announced that Joseph Kabila had won the second round...
Vol 47 No 23 | GUINEACONGO-KINSHASA Presidential chopper 17th November 2006 Congolese President Joseph Kabila's campaign helicopter is at the centre of a legal battle between Belgian businessman Philippe de Moerloose and Guinea's Paramount Airlines' Ismaël Doukouré.
Vol 47 No 19 | CONGO-KINSHASA One of us cannot be wrong 22nd September 2006 Both President Kabila and challenger Bemba believe they can win the presidential poll Tensions are rising again following the burning down on 18 September of presidential candidate Jean-Pierre Bemba's main propaganda outlets, the studios of Canal Congo Télévision, Canal Kin TV...
Vol 47 No 17 | CONGO-KINSHASA Explosive results 25th August 2006 Nobody has won the 30 July presidential elections in results announced on 20 August. Instead there will be a run-off between Joseph Kabila (45 per cent) and Jean-Pierre...
Vol 47 No 16 | CONGO-KINSHASA Two elections, one country 4th August 2006 Voting and political sentiment is more divided than ever between the east and west of the country Two figures - President Joseph Kabila and Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba - are dominating Congolese politics after the 30 July elections, which have been hailed as a success...
Vol 47 No 15 | CONGO-KINSHASA A new political season 21st July 2006 After four decades without real elections, Congolese now face five months of voting Congo-Kinshasa's Commission Electorale Indépendante (CEI) and the country's main financial donors are sure that the first round of the presidential poll, and the election of 500 deputies to...
Vol 47 No 15 | CONGO-KINSHASA Front-runners and hopefuls 21st July 2006 In these elections, the first to be held in Congo-Kinshasa since March/April 1965, no less than 33 presidential candidates are registered with the Commission Electorale Indépendante (CEI)....
Vol 47 No 13 | CONGO-KINSHASA The vote that nobody wins 23rd June 2006 Hugely expensive, massively complex, extremely dangerous, the polls will go ahead anyway The first votes in Congo's long awaited election process are to be cast on 30 July. The polls, costing some US$500 million, are unlikely to bring the stability...
Vol 47 No 13 | CONGO-KINSHASA Les jeux sont faits 23rd June 2006 With just over a month to go until elections, unexpected alliances have emerged. President Joseph Kabila, the Commission Electorale Indépendante headed by Apollinaire Malu Malu and the United...
Vol 47 No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASA A shortage of sparkle 14th April 2006 Efforts to clean up Congo's mining business before the elections are being derailed Unlike the billion dollars' worth of diamonds that leave Congo each year, the prospects for cleaning up its mining business before this year's national elections are far from...