Vol 38 No 22 | ANGOLACONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Regional circle 7th November 1997 Luanda's regional strategy to isolate and encircle Jonas Savimbi and his União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola forces took further shape with President J José...
Vol 38 No 21 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE A dictator returns 24th October 1997 General Sassou fights his way back to power in Brazzaville and gets a tacit welcome from Paris and perhaps Washington Fresh from his military defeat of the elected President, Pascal Lissouba, on 15 October, General Denis Sassou Nguesso told Africa Confidential that he would follow a policy of...
Vol 38 No 18 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLEFRANCE 'I'll go home to die' 12th September 1997 In the final months of Pascal Lissouba's presidential term, which officially ended on 31 August, over 6,000 people have died in the war between his supporters and those...
Vol 38 No 13 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE And across the river 20th June 1997 Within weeks of Mobutu's fall, Brazzaville erupts on the other side of the Congo River None of the protagonists emerge with any credit from the murderous struggle for power in Brazzaville. The fighting precedes the presidential election, which President Pascal Lissouba still insists...
Vol 38 No 8 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Across the river 11th April 1997 Money is sloshing around Brazzaville. The Kinshasa bourgeoisie (new and old) has fled across the river and is making its presence (and its money) felt. So are the...