Congo-Kinshasa
| Population: | 62.4 million |
| GNI: | $8600 million |
| Debt: | $1000 million |
| Overview: | President Joseph Kabila faces a growing challenge from the conflict in the eastern provinces. Lower commodity prices will slow down major mining projects and concerns about accountability will cut IMF and World Bank support. |
news from Congo-Kinshasa
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Found 165 articles.
- Vol 50 No 11
- 29/05/2009
The cement boom
In both Angola and Congo-Kinshasa, public works produce surprising profits for well-connected cement producers, but an oil-fired building boom requires a lot of cement. Angola's Minister of Public Works, General Francisco Higino Lopes Carneiro, said in...
- Vol 50 No 11
- 29/05/2009
The China choice
Congo-Kinshasa's dilemma over how to finalise a US$9 billion minerals barter deal with China without jeopardising a debt-reduction deal with the International Monetary Fund will not be resolved until September at the earliest. That is when the Chinese...
- Vol 50 No 10
- 15/05/2009
A credit-crunch presidency
In the midst of the recession, there is barely any investment in Congo, which bodes ill for President Kabila in the elections due in 2011
- Vol 50 No 9
- 01/05/2009
An offshore imbroglio
The two countries set up a joint commission to resolve long-standing border rows
- Vol 50 No 9
- 01/05/2009
Speak easy
A month after Vital Kamerhe was forced out of office, a weakened National Assembly has followed President Joseph Kabila's instructions and voted in a new Speaker, Evariste Boshab (AC Vol 50 No 7). On 12 April, the police had forcibly dispersed some 4...
- Vol 50 No 7
- 03/04/2009
Controlling Parliament
The crisis is over and that is official. President Joseph Kabila’s attempts to remove National Assembly Speaker Vital Kamerhe resulted in his resignation on 25 March. Kamerhe’s crime was to have criticised Kabila’s launching of a joint military operation ...
- Vol 50 No 6
- 20/03/2009
Trouble in Kinshasa
President Joseph Kabila’s worsening rivalry with the Speaker of the National Assembly, Vital Kamerhe, is dividing the ruling Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et le Développement (PPRD), to which they both belong. Kamerhe’s latest offence is to have ...
- Vol 50 No 3
- 06/02/2009
Shotgun wedding
President Kabila's improbable deal with Rwanda could unravel and further weaken his authority in Kinshasa
- Vol 50 No 2
- 23/01/2009
A rift among rebels
Some want a ceasefire, others insist on a solution, with personalities as divisive as policies
- Vol 49 No 25
- 12/12/2008
Nkunda wants the whole deal
The government cannot afford another war – and probably could not win it, so it must talk to its nemesis
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