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- 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
- Vol 49 No 24
- 28/11/2008
Mining downturn
Low demand for minerals, especially from China, depresses mines and the whole economy
- Vol 49 No 23
- 14/11/2008
The man who says no
Rebel leader Laurent Nkunda likes to compare his relentless campaign against the Kinshasa government with the military resistance of General Charles de Gaulle, 'the man who said no'. Taking the parallels further, Nkunda has announced the formation of a...
- Vol 49 No 23
- 14/11/2008
How smuggling pays for killing
Most of the Kivu belligerents profit, one way or another, from the two provinces' precious reserves of gold, cassiterite and colombo-tantalite (coltan). Gold and coffee smuggling has been going on for years. A British journalist, Nick Gordon, publishe...
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