Vol 54 No 2 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC With Zuma to Bangui 18th January 2013 The presence of 400 South African soldiers in Bangui, backed by a group of mercenaries, does not mean that President Jacob Zuma is trying to take over France’s historic strategic r...
Vol 54 No 2 | CAMEROON Après Biya fears 18th January 2013 After 30 years in in charge, the President seems as secure as ever. Yet worries are growing that his legacy will be a political vacuum In November, President Paul Biya was conspicuous by his absence from any of his supporters’ nationwide celebrations of his 30 years in power. In this way, he kept intact his reputa...
Vol 54 No 2 | CAMEROON Family bonds 18th January 2013 One person who is never spoken of as a successor to President Paul Biya is his son Franck Biya, who is not a member of the ruling party and has never held political office or been...
Vol 54 No 2 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Secret shipment 18th January 2013 As President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo’s government rails against foreign influences seeking to destabilise Equatorial Guinea, it is none too pleased with the latest decisions ...
Vol 54 No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASA Ailing and failing 10th January 2013 President Kabila’s legitimacy is under attack at home while the country faces ruthless rebel militias backed by Rwanda and Uganda This could well be the year in which Kinshasa’s hard-won but only half-complete institutions start to break up. Since 2006, the state has proclaimed that the President, along with...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Mining companies face more scrutiny 4th December 2012 Pressure is mounting on Kinshasa to publish details of the payments it receives from Chinese state mining companies President Joseph Kabila’s beleaguered government in Kinshasa faces growing pressure from local authorities and civic activists to step up scrutiny of Chinese mining companies in th...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASAINDIA Chemical of Africa in Lubumbashi pollution row 4th December 2012 A dispute over pollution in Katanga between Chemical of Africa – an Indian company based in Dubai – and local miners and non-governmental organisations may hit Chemaf’s expansion p...
Vol 53 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila looks into the abyss 30th November 2012 After the eastern rebels trounce the national army and opposition movements step up the pressure, the President is fighting for his political life The seizure of Goma by the Mouvement du 23 mars rebels on 20 November has dangerously weakened the regime of President Joseph Kabila Kabange. Backed by Rwanda and Uganda, M23’s bru...
Vol 53 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASA Why Goma fell 30th November 2012 The full details of Goma’s fall are still murky but the main military push started on 19 November when, say local people, fighters from the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) began to cros...
Vol 53 No 23 | CONGO-KINSHASA Expert opinions 16th November 2012 The controversy over the United Nations’ report on the conflict in eastern Congo-Kinshasa continued this week as the UN Security Council debated it yet again. The United States is ...