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Congo-Kinshasa
Population: 70.4 mn.
GDP: 13.0 bn.
Debt: 2.4 bn.
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President Joseph Kabila's disputed election victory will dominate politics as opposition candidate Étienne Tshisekedi declares himself the 'real' president. Militia violence will plague the east but mining output is due to grow by about 15% over the next four years.

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  • Vol 48 No 11
  •  25th May 2007

A wolf in the Congo

Key to the contracts investigation in Congo-Kinshasa will be the role of the World Bank and the legacy of the anti-corruption policies pushed by its outgoing President, Paul Wolfowitz. With backing from Britain and the United States, the Bank has released...

  • Vol 48 No 11
  •  25th May 2007

Kabila gets a rival

An unexpected blast from the past has hit President Joseph Kabila with the victory of Léon Kengo wa Dondo in the 11 May poll for Senate President. This makes the veteran politician - Premier under the late President Mobutu Sese Seko - constitutiona...

  • Vol 48 No 10
  •  11th May 2007

Congo-Kinshasa's cumbersome experiment

In late 2006, Congo-Kinshasa elected a parliament of 608 members. It includes 69 political parties, 31 of them with just one member in the National Assembly, along with 63 independents.

  • Vol 48 No 8
  •  13th April 2007

The bashing of Bemba

The opposition leader may be forced into exile but President Kabila has plenty of battles on the economic front

  • Vol 48 No 7
  •  30th March 2007

A frontier affair

Old allies in Luanda and Kinshasa are at odds over their border in diamond country

  • Vol 48 No 7
  •  30th March 2007

A blow-up blows over

Congo has its uranium scandal, and the International Atomic Energy Agency is investigating. New Minister for Scientific Research Sylvanus Mushi Bonane opened up the affair on 15 March by announcing the arrest of Professor Fortunat Lumu and one of his coll...

  • Vol 48 No 4
  •  16th February 2007

Winner takes (almost) all

The President's party has grabbed the top jobs for itself and those who are left out are angry

  • Vol 48 No 4
  •  16th February 2007

Kabila's yes-men

The overstuffed government has 60 members: six ministers of state, 34 ministers and 20 deputy ministers. The presidential alliance takes 18 places, 15 of those for President Joseph Kabila's own Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et la Démocrati...

  • Vol 47 No 23
  •  17th November 2006

After the results

If accepted, President Kabila's win offers a chance for Congo to consolidate its political settlement and to develop its mineral resources.

  • Vol 47 No 23
  •  17th November 2006

Presidential chopper

Congolese President Joseph Kabila's campaign helicopter is at the centre of a legal battle between Belgian businessman Philippe de Moerloose and Guinea's Paramount Airlines' Ismaël Doukouré.

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