Vol 56 No 1 | 
            - CONGO-KINSHASA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	    Speculation is rising that the probable postponement of local elections due in June and October is part of a plan by President Joseph Kabila to put off next year's presidential election...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The mine's previous owner  Canada's First Quantum Minerals  accused the Kinshasa government of illegally confiscating the assets and then selling them at a knockdown price to offshore companies linked to Dan Gertler (an Israeli businessman who is close to Congolese President Joseph Kabila)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 55 No 22 | 
            - BURKINA FASO
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     Beyond Burkina Faso's borders the drama is being watched intently in countries whose Presidents are planning to extend their rule  namely: Congo-Kinshasa's Joseph Kabila  Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso  Togo's Faure Gnassingbé  Benin's Yayi Boni  Djibouti's Omar Guelleh  Uganda's Yoweri Museveni  Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza and Rwanda's Paul Kagame...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 55 No 19 | 
            - CONGO-KINSHASA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	    Faced with fierce opposition to amending the constitution so that he can run for a third term  President Joseph Kabila is pushing for a new one...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 55 No 19 | 
            - CONGO-KINSHASA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	    A sweeping restructuring of the army command is the strongest sign yet that President Joseph Kabila Kabange plans to ignore the constitution and seek re-election for a third term in 2016 (see Kabila for ever)...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 55 No 18 | 
            - FRANCOPHONIE
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	     President Joseph Kabila's decision to back him seems aimed at thwarting the chances of Congo-Brazzaville's candidate  former Prime Minister and current Paris Ambassador Henri Lopès  77...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     In a letter dated 18 April and copied to  among others  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon  Malawi's then President and SADC Chairperson  Joyce Banda; and Congo-Kinshasa President Joseph Kabila  the FDLR invited the recipients to attend a ceremonial surrender of men and weapons to SADC...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 55 No 13 | 
            - CONGO-KINSHASA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	    President Joseph Kabila seems determined to serve a third term of office  although his attempts to make the idea popular at home have failed...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Whatever the truth of Mende's accusations of Rwandan provocation  they helped divert attention from headlines that had been troubling President Joseph Kabila in preceding weeks...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
            Vol 55 No 11 | 
            - CONGO-KINSHASA
 
        
        
		
        
        
    
        
	
	    President Joseph Kabila Kabange's government believes it can massively increase food production and crop exports by setting up vast commercial farms of tens of thousands of hectares...