Vol 45 No 25 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE A shining example 17th December 2004 Congo's Christmas wish, a three-year US$84 million Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility, was granted by the International Monetary Fund on 6 December, after years of failed reforms and...
Vol 45 No 15 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Coming cleaner 21st July 2004 The IMF has finally persuaded Congo to explain where all the money goes After years of broken promises to the International Monetary Fund, President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has finally agreed to reveal how Congo's oil wealth is managed. An audit has been...
Vol 45 No 15 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Caught out 21st July 2004 Disclosing your exports is one thing, international monitoring is quite another. A review mission of the Kimberley Process monitoring the international diamond trade, led by the Chairman of...
Vol 45 No 9 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Brazzaville breakdown 30th April 2004 As the President boosts his family's power, the ruling coalition is cracking up The peace process has run out of steam, key politicians remain in exile, and veterans in the ruling Parti Congolais du Travail (PCT) increasingly resent the dominant role...
Vol 45 No 9 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Nepotists' nirvana 30th April 2004 President Denis Sassou-Nguesso's trusted advisors include: Emmanuel Yoka, the President's uncle and directeur de cabinet. A lawyer and former Ambassador to Morocco, he headed...