Vol 61 No 10 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Ministers and militias 14th May 2020 Far from restoring sanity, the February 2019 Khartoum peace agreement between 14 armed groups has created a new space for bloody competition; they now have access to state resource...
Vol 61 No 9 | GABON Bongo returns 30th April 2020 President Ali Bongo Ondimba is trying to reassert his authority after months of recuperation following a stroke in November 2018. The chief of staff at the Presidency, Brice Laccru...
Vol 61 No 8 | CHADSAHEL No more heavy lifting 16th April 2020 A disastrous attack on Chadian forces almost succeeded in breaking up the regional alliance against the jihadists Chad was brought to the brink of giving up its regional role in fighting the Sahel jihadists after its armed forces fought battles with Boko Haram on a scale not yet seen in the in...
Vol 61 No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASA Prosecutors arrest bigwigs 16th April 2020 Vital Kamerhe, President Félix Tshisekedi's chief of staff, spent Easter in Kinshasa's notorious Makala prison following his arrest and detention without bail last week. Kamerhe, ...
Vol 61 No 7 | CONGO-KINSHASACOVID-19 The Kabila Strain 2nd April 2020 The health damage is not yet clear, but the economic consequences of the virus are grave, as the previous and current presidents squabble The Covid-19 pandemic took until the middle of March, when the first domestic cases were reported, to rouse the government. Then, on 18 March, President Félix Tshisekedi ann...
Vol 61 No 5 | SOUTH AFRICACONGO-KINSHASACLIMATE CHANGE Why Africa is key to Green Economics 5th March 2020 Strategic minerals on the continent will power the electric vehicle revolution and a restructured energy industry More than any other continent, Africa has copious reserves of the vital minerals central to the transition to sustainable energy in the leading industrial economies. READ FOR FREE
Vol 61 No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASA Clash of the kings 5th March 2020 Fighting for control over revenues and security, President Tshisekedi is in a standoff with supporters of his predecessor Joseph Kabila Senior officials in the two coalitions which run the country – the Front commun pour le Congo (FCC) and the Cap pour le changement (CACH) – are at a stalemate. For several days in ...
Vol 61 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA More trickle-down please 23rd January 2020 There has to be more in it for Tshisekedi’s camp followers if his uneasy partnership with the former president is to survive The coalition of the Cap pour le changement (CACH) alliance, led by President Félix Tshisekedi, and ex-President Joseph Kabila's Front commun pour le Congo (FCC) is unhappy ...
Vol 60 No 25 | CONGO-KINSHASA Pouring cold water on the mega dam 19th December 2019 Behind closed doors, the fight over the scale of the Inga dam could be edging towards resolution Félix Tshisekedi's arrival in the presidential palace has brought new complications to Inga III, the gargantuan planned hydroelectric dam on the Congo River, but may yet giv... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 25 | GABON The son also rises 19th December 2019 The man standing in for the President looked like he might be settling in, so the ruling clan swept him away and has appointed a dauphin With the installation of his son Noureddin Bongo-Valentin as the 'general coordinator of presidential affairs', recuperating stroke victim President Ali Bongo Ondimba – or th...
