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- Vol 51 No 16
- 06/08/2010
New pressure on the war-minerals link
Congo's 'clean' minerals are more politically toxic than buyers would like
- Vol 51 No 16
- 06/08/2010
Contract clashes
President Joseph Kabila's government is set for another round of legal clashes with foreign companies. First is Canada's First Quantum, locked in battle with Kinshasa at the International Court of Arbitration in Paris. On 27 July, Congo's Court of Appe...
- Vol 51 No 16
- 06/08/2010
8 ways to clean up minerals
Several schemes and approaches aim to limit the flow of Congo-Kinshasa's conflict minerals, not all of them as well coordinated as they should be. Here is our rundown.
- Vol 51 No 15
- 23/07/2010
Katanga makes a comeback
The secessionist movement that almost split the country 50 years ago is again on the march
- Vol 51 No 14
- 09/07/2010
Half a century, half the battle
After assassinations, wars and hyper-corruption, President Kabila talks of building on remarkable victories
- Vol 51 No 14
- 09/07/2010
Odious debts, now less debt
More than a decade of tortuous negotiations has won US$8 billion of debt relief for Congo-Kinshasa a day after its fiftieth birthday. The historic, moral argument for relief is straightforward. The IMF and the World Bank, under pressure from Britain, Bel...
- Vol 51 No 14
- 09/07/2010
Secret oil deal
The emergence of Khulubuse Zuma, the nephew of South African President Jacob Zuma, as a leading player in Congo-Kinshasa’s oil industry has provoked curiosity and anger in almost equal measure. Caprikat and Foxwhelp – two companies which Khulubuse Zuma c...
- Vol 51 No 13
- 25/06/2010
Ottawa confronts Africa at the G-20 summit
Canadian officials will raise a mining dispute with the Kinshasa government when they host the grand summit this weekend
- Vol 51 No 12
- 11/06/2010
A disastrous half-century
The foreign plunderers have joined with the local elite to create today’s political confusion
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