Vol 53 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila looks into the abyss 30th November 2012 After the eastern rebels trounce the national army and opposition movements step up the pressure, the President is fighting for his political life The seizure of Goma by the Mouvement du 23 mars rebels on 20 November has dangerously weakened the regime of President Joseph Kabila Kabange. Backed by Rwanda and Uganda, M23’s bru...
Vol 53 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASA Why Goma fell 30th November 2012 The full details of Goma’s fall are still murky but the main military push started on 19 November when, say local people, fighters from the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) began to cros...
Vol 53 No 23 | CONGO-KINSHASA Expert opinions 16th November 2012 The controversy over the United Nations’ report on the conflict in eastern Congo-Kinshasa continued this week as the UN Security Council debated it yet again. The United States is ...
Vol 53 No 22 | RWANDAUGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Uganda accused 2nd November 2012 A new UN report accuses both Uganda and Rwanda are running the M23 rebellion: foreign support for Kampala could soon be suspended The United Nations Group of Experts on eastern Congo-Kinshasa has indicted the Ugandan government as co-sponsor of the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) rebellion in Kivu alongside Rwanda...
Vol 53 No 22 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Bienvenido a Malabo 2nd November 2012 President Teodoro Obiang Nguema will host a summit for the 80 member states of the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific group in Malabo on 13-14 December. Herman van Rompuy, President of ...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASAASIABRIEFING Asian builders get close to Inga billions 30th October 2012 The Kinshasa government plans to begin discussions in November with three consortiums that are interested in the construction of a third hydroelectric dam capable of producing seve...
Vol 53 No 21 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE A poverty of strategy 19th October 2012 The President and his ministers respond to criticism of their economic policy by changing the goals but little else Stung by accusations that he and the governing elite have squandered the country’s oil wealth with nothing to show for their three decades in power, President Denis Sassou-Nguesso ...
Vol 53 No 21 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Borrowing big 19th October 2012 Building Congo-Brazzaville’s infrastructure, a more tangible goal than policy reform, has been taken to heart. It is overseen by the department for large projects, the Délégation g...
Vol 53 No 21 | RWANDAUGANDACONGO-KINSHASA M23’s other parent 19th October 2012 Indirect talks between the M23 rebels in North Kivu and the Kinshasa government are finally taking place in Uganda, sources in Kampala have told Africa Confidential. Yet this news ...
Vol 53 No 20 | CONGO-KINSHASAFRANCE La Francophonie 5th October 2012 Cries of disappointment resound from those expecting François Hollande’s election as President to make a decisive break with the clandestine commercial networks between Paris and ...