Vol 45 No 17 | CONGO-KINSHASA Transition on hold, again 27th August 2004 A massacre in Burundi threatens the power-sharing government in Kinshasa and peace in the region Congo-Kinshasa's transition to normality ground to a halt on 23 August, when the Rassemblement Congolais pour la Démocratie-Goma 'temporarily' withdrew from the transitional government in Kinshasa. The RCD-Goma's...
Vol 45 No 14 | RWANDASOUTH AFRICACONGO-KINSHASAAFRICA Military might 9th July 2004 This week's military agreement between Rwanda and South Africa may be touted as African Union cooperation and regional peace-building. But some in Pretoria fear that if Kigali continues...
Vol 45 No 12 | CONGO-KINSHASA The Kivus jolt Kinshasa, again 11th June 2004 The revolt in remote Bukavu threatens the peace and Kabila's transitional regime The capture of Bukavu by General Laurent Nkunda's rebels on 2 June sent tremors across the country. It was a huge blow to the power-sharing government in Kinshasa...
Vol 45 No 12 | CONGO-KINSHASA Send for Tintin 11th June 2004 A Belgian judge has issued an international arrest warrant for a senior member of President Joseph Kabila's team, Jean-Charles Okoto. He is in charge of organisation and recruitment...
Vol 45 No 12 | CONGO-KINSHASA Chez Ntemba spreads its wings 11th June 2004 Lubumbashi-born K.W. Kayembe, perhaps Africa's most successful nightclub entrepreneur, is to open a new venue, in Manor House, North London. Kayembe established his first Chez Ntemba ('preferred corner'...
Vol 45 No 11 | CONGO-KINSHASA Yes, guv 28th May 2004 It took three months of negotiation for President Joseph Kabila to nominate the eleven provincial governors. The Mission des Nations Unies en République du Congo (Monuc) approved but...
Vol 45 No 10 | CONGO-KINSHASAUNITED KINGDOM Diamond defamation 14th May 2004 Oryx Natural Resources has finally lost the legal battle to clear its name and dropped its libel action against the London daily The Independent, which accused the company...
Vol 45 No 9 | CONGO-KINSHASA Future shock 30th April 2004 The new integrated army, created to solve political problems, is not much use for military tasks such as peacekeeping. Its First Brigade, whose 190 Belgian and twelve French...
Vol 45 No 7 | CONGO-KINSHASA To plot or not 2nd April 2004 Politicians in the power-sharing government fall out over coup allegations Facts are sacred and thin on the ground for Congolese struggling to make sense of what lay behind three hours of shooting in Kinshasa in the early hours...
Vol 45 No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASA Ruberwa's rift 19th March 2004 A dangerous rift has opened at the top of the transitional government, between President Joseph Kabila and Azarias Ruberwa, one of the four vice-presidents and leader of the...