Vol 54 No 22 | CONGO-KINSHASA Rebels on the ropes 31st October 2013 Barring a sudden intervention by Rwanda, little stands in the way of the defeat of M23 by a newly invigorated national army After 20 months of intermittent fighting and stalled negotiations, the rebellion of the Mouvement de 23 mars in eastern Congo-Kinshasa could soon be at an end (AC Vol...
Vol 54 No 22 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICUGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Kony keeps up the terror 25th October 2013 After 25 years of mass murder, the Lord's Resistance Army continues with impunity as African and Western efforts fail to capture its top commanders More than 440,000 people are currently displaced due to attacks by the Lord's Resistance Army across Central and East Africa. This is despite increased United States and African...
Vol 54 No 21 | CONGO-KINSHASA To go or not to go 17th October 2013 The Speaker of Parliament, Aubin Minaku, shocked the country on 11 October when he announced in an interview on Radio France Internationale that President Joseph Kabila would leave...
Vol 54 No 18 | CONGO-KINSHASA Holes in Kabila’s big tent 6th September 2013 The President’s aim of creating a national consensus is stirring up political discontent and the arrest of dissenters doesn’t help Establishing national unity under a modified constitution is President Joseph Kabila Kabange’s main concern just now, because that would give him the best chance of winning the elections...
Vol 54 No 18 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Kivu on the brink 6th September 2013 The M23 rebels have suffered heavy losses, so Kigali may have to choose between abandoning them or risking deeper involvement Tension between Rwanda and Congo-Kinshasa has escalated almost to open war after two weeks of renewed fighting in eastern Congo. The national army, the Forces armées de la...
Vol 54 No 18 | CONGO-KINSHASA Yet another front 6th September 2013 Ever since a major attack in mid-July at Kamango, in the Beni area of North Kivu, observers have wondered why the Allied Democratic Front-National Army for the Liberation...
Vol 54 No 16 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA M23 takes a hit 1st August 2013 The army turns the tables on the rebels and Rwanda may find it problematic to continue its support for M23 Two weeks of sometimes brutal fighting between the Mouvement du 23 mars and the national army have ramped up the pressure on Kinshasa and Kigali to negotiate a...
Vol 54 No 13 | CONGO-KINSHASA The real power politics 21st June 2013 The latest plan to harness the Congo River is gigantic, internationally important, expensive and politically driven A meeting of officials and investors in Kinshasa, hosted on 17-18 June by Energy Minister Bruno Kapandji Kalala on financing the Inga III Dam signals the government’s new...
Vol 54 No 13 | CONGO-KINSHASA Dam good connections 21st June 2013 South Africa’s financial and political commitment to the Inga III Dam and the international support has galvanised and given new life to this pet project of successive Congolese...
Vol 54 No 11 | CONGO-KINSHASA Gertler’s assets multiply 24th May 2013 A police investigation, growing international criticism and tougher conditions from the IMF put the mining business under greater scrutiny Pressure is mounting on international mining companies in Congo-Kinshasa to reveal more about their dealings with offshore companies linked to Dan Gertler International. This follows the start of...