Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA Surveying Sicomines 31st March 2011 The Congolese authorities are having trouble holding their Chinese partners to account while new barter deals and contracts pile up Concerns are rising over the opacity of the US$6 billion Sicomines deal between the Congolese government and a group of Chinese companies. Congolese civil society groups and oppositionists,...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA All roads lead to Beijing 31st March 2011 Chinese construction companies are not just carrying out Beijing-backed projects, they are also winning contracts from international donors. The first phases of telecommunications projects funded by China Export-Import...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASACHINA The price of debt forgiveness 18th November 2010 Kinshasa may have to rethink its deals with China if it wants debt write-offs from Western creditors European powers are blocking billions of dollars of debt relief to President Joseph Kabila’s government until it agrees to revise some of its trade and financing deals with...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASASOUTH KOREA Hyperactive relations 18th November 2010 South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak is due in Kinshasa in early 2011 to reciprocate Congolese President Joseph Kabila’s visit to Seoul in March. This month, the Korean International...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASA Vital Kamerhe 18th November 2010 Former Speaker, National Assembly As first-round elections approach on 27 November 2011, Joseph Kabila’s former ally is emerging as a challenger to the President. Taking his cue from other parties in the...
Vol 51 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASA The case against Kabila's army 3rd December 2010 A new report by United Nations experts implicates Congo’s soldiers in murderous criminality, leaving Kinshasa some tough choices The findings by a United Nations' investigation that extensive criminal networks inside Congo's army are raping and killing people and stealing minerals challenge President Joseph Kabila's position following his call for...
Vol 51 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASA Will the UN bail out of Congo? 3rd December 2010 Another month, another United Nations' report on Congo-Kinshasa. Yet do these reports, or indeed the UN in general, help improve conditions in Congo? At around 19,000 strong, the Mission des Nations...
Vol 51 No 22 | ANGOLACONGO-KINSHASA At stake: oil, migrants and gemstones 5th November 2010 Behind the obligatory shows of unity between the governments of Angola and Congo-Kinshasa lurk serious disagreements over the frontiers dividing the oil fields straddling the two countries, diamond...
Vol 51 No 22 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Kagame’s troops return to Congo 5th November 2010 Chaos in the Kivus has given Kigali a pretext to send its soldiers back across the border in pursuit of political and economic objectives The Rwandan Defence Force is back in Congo-Kinshasa but trying to keep a low profile. Presidents Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame agreed on the move at a 6...
Vol 51 No 21 | CONGO-KINSHASA Murder again 22nd October 2010 The death in detention of another critic illustrates the government’s arbitrary power as its reputation declines at home and abroad The official story is that Armand Tungulu Mudiandambu killed himself on 1 October with a cloth he was using as a pillow. He had been detained by President...