United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan wants to
increase the strength of Monuc, the UN Mission in Congo, from
10,800 to 23,000 men. He also wants troops for Sudan, and
maybe Iraq. European governments have not reacted, although
on 3 September Fra...
A massacre in Burundi threatens the power-sharing
government in Kinshasa and peace in the region
This week's military agreement between Rwanda and South Africa may be touted as African Union cooperation and regional peace-building. But some in Pretoria fear that if Kigali continues to meddle in Congo-Kinshasa, South Africa will be blamed for helping ...
The revolt in remote Bukavu threatens the peace and Kabila's transitional regime
A Belgian judge has issued an international arrest warrant for a senior member of President Joseph Kabila's team, Jean-Charles Okoto. He is in charge of organisation and recruitment for the ruling Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et le Dévelo...
Lubumbashi-born K.W. Kayembe, perhaps Africa's most successful nightclub entrepreneur, is to open a new venue, in Manor House, North London. Kayembe established his first Chez Ntemba ('preferred corner' in Kiswahili) nightclub in Lubumbashi in 1980 and ha...
It took three months of negotiation for President Joseph Kabila to nominate the eleven provincial governors. The Mission des Nations Unies en République du Congo (Monuc) approved but plenty of politicians grumbled, especially in Katanga, whose mine...
Oryx Natural Resources has finally lost the legal battle to clear its name and dropped its libel action against the London daily The Independent, which accused the company of money laundering, diamond smuggling and lying about its links with the Zimbabwea...
The new integrated army, created to solve political problems, is not much use for military tasks such as peacekeeping. Its First Brigade, whose 190 Belgian and twelve French instructors are to be strengthened at the end of April by others from Germany and...
Politicians in the power-sharing government fall out over
coup allegations
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