Vol 6 (AAC) No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASAASIA Dam number three at Inga Falls 31st May 2013 Kinshasa seals a deal with South Africa for the third dam in the series Chinese, South Korean and Spanish companies are among those competing for the contract to construct Inga 3 after Congo-Kinshasa announced on 18 May that it has clinched a deal with...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 7 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Kasai mines go to Anhui 2nd May 2013 The Chinese company that works with the Zimbabwean government in the controversial Marange fields has signed a major deal with Kinshasa Thanks to a contract signed in Kinshasa on 18 March by Anhui Foreign Economic Construction Corporation’s Vice-President Bai Ziangqian, State Assets Minister Louise Munga Mesozi and...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 6 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Fametal, SOKIMO and Ituri’s gold 4th April 2013 Despite its troubles with the Congolese authorities last year, the Chinese group Fametal has now established a dominant position in Ituri’s gold belt. In March, Fametal President W...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Gécamines looks for Chinese funds 7th March 2013 Sticking to the plan that he set out on taking the helm at Gécamines in 2011, Chief Executive Officer Albert Yuma Mulimbi travelled to China in February to seek financial support f...
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 6 (AAC) No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASAASIABRIEFING Asian builders get close to Inga billions 30th October 2012 The Kinshasa government plans to begin discussions in November with three consortiums that are interested in the construction of a third hydroelectric dam capable of producing seve...
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 ...