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- Vol 48 No 11
- 25/05/2007
Dollars and mines
A new government-backed investigation into billions of dollars of mining contracts lacks openness and the time to do the job
- Vol 48 No 11
- 25/05/2007
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 rele...
- Vol 48 No 11
- 25/05/2007
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 - constitut...
- Vol 48 No 10
- 11/05/2007
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
- 13/04/2007
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
- 30/03/2007
A frontier affair
Old allies in Luanda and Kinshasa are at odds over their border in diamond country
- Vol 48 No 7
- 30/03/2007
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 ...
- Vol 48 No 4
- 16/02/2007
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
- 16/02/2007
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 Démoc...
- Vol 47 No 23
- 17/11/2006
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.
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