Vol 61 No 25 | CONGO-KINSHASA President nearer to power 17th December 2020 Parliamentary victory for Tshisekedi encourages him to press ahead in his bid to wrest the state from former president Kabila Former president Joseph Kabila's political coalition, the Front Commun pour le Congo (FCC), which ordinarily has a comfortable majority in the National Assembly, scored a spectacul...
Vol 62 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA No get out of jail card 21st January 2021 Former President Joseph Kabila is desperately seeking assurances from his successor President Félix Tshisekedi that he be guaranteed immunity from prosecution by the International...
Vol 61 No 12 | CONGO-KINSHASA Damning the parks 11th June 2020 Although the government plans to increase the area of Congo-Kinshasa's national parks from about one-tenth to one-fifth of the vast nation, threats against those that already exist...
Vol 48 No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASAFORESTRY To chop or to save - the main players 16th March 2007 The logging companies: of Congo's 156 concessions, 107 were awarded after May 2002, when the government banned new grants. The loggers' organisation is the Fédération...
Vol 45 No 14 | RWANDASOUTH AFRICACONGO-KINSHASAAFRICA Military might 9th July 2004 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 cont...