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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 51 No 16
  •  6th August 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 Appeal ...

  • Vol 51 No 16
  •  6th August 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
  •  23rd July 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
  •  9th July 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
  •  9th July 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, Belg...

  • Vol 51 No 14
  •  9th July 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 cl...

  • Vol 51 No 13
  •  25th June 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 13
  •  25th June 2010

The Kingamyambo Musonoi tailings

A tailings timeline

  • Vol 51 No 12
  •  11th June 2010

A disastrous half-century

The foreign plunderers have joined with the local elite to create today’s political confusion

  • Vol 51 No 12
  •  11th June 2010

The men who run the profitable show

The mechanics of Congo-Kinshasa’s government baffle almost everyone, including many of the participants. A handful of people, mostly unelected associates of President Joseph Kabila, wield the real power; most of the appointed ministers have little practic...

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