Vol 5 (AAC) No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINABELGIUM Experts rate foreign aid 10th February 2012 Researchers from three continents analyse the impact of Belgian and Chinese aid projects and policies A new report from Belgian, Chinese and Congolese academics provides in-depth analysis on the contrasts between European and Chinese aid and trade policies in Congo-Kinshasa. Neithe...
Vol 51 No 4 | RWANDABELGIUM A welcome for Monsieur Z 19th February 2010 The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda has asked Belgian Foreign Minister Steven Vanackere if he will issue a visa for Protais Zigiranyirazo, known as ‘Monsieur Z’ (AC Vol ...
Vol 50 No 12 | LIBYABELGIUM Weapons for Darfur 12th June 2009 As Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi and his 200-member delegation pitched their tent for a business bonanza in Rome, it emerged that Belgium is to export weapons to Libya that may be us...
Vol 49 No 12 | CONGO-KINSHASABELGIUM Diamond horror 6th June 2008 On 24 May, Kinshasa recalled ‘for consultations’ its Ambassador in Brussels, Jean-Pierre Mutamba, and (to the horror of the diamond trade) closed its Antwerp consulate. Later, it c...
Vol 49 No 11 | CONGO-KINSHASABELGIUM In the rain-forrest 23rd May 2008 Under scrutiny since 2002, the Forrest Group is in trouble with the United Nations again Belgium has lost a diplomat and the George Forrest Group, which dominates parts of Congo-Kinshasa's mining industry, has lost a valuable senior executive. Pierre Chevalier, Belgium...
Vol 49 No 10 | CONGO-KINSHASABELGIUM Drifting apart 9th May 2008 The habitual politeness between Belgium and its former colony grew thinner still during a five-day visit to Kinshasa in late April by three ministers from Brussels, Karel De Gucht ...
Vol 49 No 2 | BELGIUMEUROPEAN UNION Father and son 16th January 2008 Congolese know about dynasties. Incumbent President Joseph Kabila is the son of his assassinated predecessor, Laurent Désirée Kabila, and the political scene in Kinshasa is peppere...
Vol 48 No 9 | RWANDABELGIUM The past awakes 27th April 2007 On 19 April, the trial opened of the man accused of causing the death of ten United Nations' peacekeepers on 7 April 1994. The indictment says Major Bernard Ntuyahaga ordered the ...
Vol 47 No 2 | RWANDABELGIUM Death in the canal 20th January 2006 On 17 December, a naked and mutilated corpse turned up in a Brussels canal. Five days later, after DNA tests, it was identified as that of Juvénal Uwingiliyimana, 54, a Rwan...
Vol 46 No 5 | TANZANIABELGIUM Belgium's bullet points 4th March 2005 Tanzania is getting a new ammunition factory thanks to George Forrest International, a firm whose eponymous main shareholder has big interests in Congo-Kinshasa and has told United...