Vol 42 No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASA Slow, slow 23rd March 2001 Western powers like Joseph Kabila but that doesn't mean a quick peace Peace on the ground is no nearer in Congo-Kinshasa since Laurent-Désiré Kabila's murder on 16 January but the diplomats are smiling more (AC Vol 41 No 4). Son and suc...
Vol 42 No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASA Generals, tontons and kidogos 23rd March 2001 Two months after his father's death, President Joseph Kabila has reshuffled his government and his staff officers, around the figure of his 'uncle' Gaëtan Kakudji, a cousin of...
Vol 42 No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASA Question of survival 9th March 2001 The arrest of Colonel Eddy Kapend on 24 February disturbs the uneasy transition of power in Kinshasa. This is the man who shot the man who shot dead President Laurent-Désir&...
Vol 42 No 4 | CONGO-KINSHASA Hope springs eternal 23rd February 2001 Young President Kabila has done more than expected for peace Just when there are glimmerings of hope for an end to the war, new questions have arisen about Western commitment to backing African peace-brokering in the region. Hopes rest first...
Vol 42 No 3 | CONGO-KINSHASA Le Petit looks good 9th February 2001 Elegant in his slightly baggy Kinshasa-style suit, President Joseph Kabila (AC Vol 42 No 2) won new friends in Washington, New York and Brussels. 'Le Petit', as some Belgian and Fr...
Vol 42 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila est mort, vive Kabila! 26th January 2001 The plot to kill the President has created the country's first dynasty and left a door ajar for peace After a series of unexplained delays, Joseph Kabila was due to be sworn in to succeed his father at the Presidency on 25 January and Congolese officials insist they have launched a...
Vol 42 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA The pro-consuls decide 26th January 2001 Kabila's murder will increase foreign meddling in Kinshasa politics Whoever the long-term successor to Laurent-Désiré Kabila may be, Angola wants to have a say in the choice. As soon as his murder was known, Luanda ordered Angolan rei...
Vol 41 No 25 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLECONGO-KINSHASAFRANCE End of empire 22nd December 2000 The latest would-be peacemaker for Congo-Kinshasa is the President of neighbouring Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso.
Vol 41 No 23 | CONGO-KINSHASA Bonding in Brussels 24th November 2000 A new opposition alliance is trying to start talks between government and rebels President Laurent-Désiré Kabila rejects the idea, enshrined in the Lusaka agreement of July 1999, of all-party talks about his country's constitutional future. He is ...
Vol 41 No 21 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Conditional offers 27th October 2000 Fresh peace initiatives for the Democratic Republic of Congo look pointless, as government, rebels and their respective sponsors gear up for more fighting. The last regional summit...