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Congo-Kinshasa

Population: 59.3 million
GNI: $7700 million
Debt: $9400 million
Overview: Diplomats will step up efforts to dampen down conflict in the Kivus, as President Joseph Kabila faces huge financing and infrastructure deficits, and must rule on the validity of some key mining contracts.

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  • Vol 49 No 14
  • 04/07/2008

The competition heats up

As oil exploration continues apace on Lake Albert, Uganda and Congo threaten to make business difficult for foreign companies

  • Vol 49 No 12
  • 06/06/2008

Bemba under arrest

It is convenient for President Kabila that his main opponent stands accused of war crimes

  • Vol 49 No 12
  • 06/06/2008

Diamond horror

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 closed Belgian consulates in Bukavu and Lubumbashi. This followed Foreign Mi...

  • Vol 49 No 11
  • 23/05/2008

In the rain-forrest

Under scrutiny since 2002, the Forrest Group is in trouble with the United Nations again

  • Vol 49 No 10
  • 09/05/2008

Hidden depths

Tensions between Kinshasa and Kampala are heating up again and oil fortunes are at stake

  • Vol 49 No 10
  • 09/05/2008

Drifting apart

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 (Foreign Affairs), Charles Michel (Cooperation) and Pieter De Crem (Def...

  • Vol 49 No 10
  • 09/05/2008

Under cover

The halting of United Nations' investigations into allegations of abuses by Indian and Pakistani peacekeepers in Congo-Kinshasa raises new questions about UN accountability and the legal responsibilities of troop contributing countries. BBC Africa Ed...

  • Vol 49 No 8
  • 11/04/2008

Lake Albert and the gushers

Congo-Kinshasa and Uganda still disagree about their shared border, but the scraps in which soldiers and civilians were killed on Lake Albert late last year have faded away, and companies on the Ugandan side are looking for oil again. The biggest is T...

  • Vol 49 No 7
  • 28/03/2008

The spirit moves them

Kinshasa futilely and violently tries to quash the longstanding BDK separatist threat in the west, leaving scores of people dead

  • Vol 49 No 6
  • 14/03/2008

Down the mines

The government wants to sort out its mining concessions and the investors are nervous

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