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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.

Congo-Kinshasa Country Report

 


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  • Vol 52 No 19
  •  23rd September 2011

A rocky electoral road

Polling looks almost certain to be postponed but President Kabila’s opponents may try to test their support on the street

  • Vol 52 No 17
  •  26th August 2011

Prison politics

Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is not letting his status as a prisoner on trial at the International Criminal Court get in the way of standing in the presidential election, set for 28 November.

  • Vol 52 No 16
  •  5th August 2011

Mutatis mutandis

Mystery surrounds a sale by the state-owned Générale des Carrières et des Mines to a company linked to Dan Gertler, a close friend of President Joseph Kabila. Just three months before the elections, the deal is ringing alarm bells among opposition politic...

  • Vol 52 No 15
  •  22nd July 2011

Bad fences, bad neighbours

Disputes over politics, oil and diamonds are dividing the two neighbouring governments

  • Vol 52 No 14
  •  8th July 2011

How honesty can cost jobs

Local officials and Western companies argue about new regulations on conflict minerals which they say could worsen economic hardship

  • Vol 52 No 14
  •  8th July 2011

Cabinda man arrested

The latest twist in the long dispute between Angola and Congo-Kinshasa came with the arrest in Kinshasa of Cabindan human rights activist Agostinho Chicaia in late June. Tension has been rising between the two neighbours, with a dispute over maritime oil ...

  • Vol 52 No 13
  •  24th June 2011

Election express

The government’s determination to push through the heavily contested national elections by December is raising concern about their credibility

  • Vol 52 No 13
  •  24th June 2011

Call back

A United Nations group of experts on Congo-Kinshasa broke new ground in its twice-yearly report of 7 June by offering those it criticises the right to reply. In 2008, the group accused a Rwandan businessman, Tribert Rujugiro, of supporting the Tutsi rebel...

  • Vol 52 No 10
  •  13th May 2011

Ethical smelting

The Katangese Mines Minister, Juvénal Kitungwa Lugoma, was in Paris on 5 May assuring nervous electronics and automotive company representatives that cassiterite and colombo-tantalite (coltan) from Katanga was ‘conflict-free’ (AC Vol 52 No 1). Kitungwa to...

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Taking the democratic out of DRC

President Joseph Kabila and his supporters will restrict democratic representation only to the rich, if a bill sponsored by Kabila-stalwart Evariste Boshab goes through. The law will double the non-refundable deposit for presidential candidates from US$50...

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