Vol 51 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA The UN looks for the exit 22nd January 2010 Internal scandals, management crises and new fighting in the east encourage the peacekeepers to leave while they can The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has until the end of April to report to the UN Security Council on the future of the peacekeeping mission, the...
Vol 51 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA Sanctions and the unsanctioned 22nd January 2010 Africa Confidential has obtained a copy of the 2007 and 2008 confidential lists which the United Nations Panel of Experts submitted to the UN Security Council for designation...
Vol 51 No 2 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Problems on the home front 22nd January 2010 Despite President Kagame's rapprochement with both France and Congo-Kinshasa, he faces dissent among some of the former faithful The new year started well for President Paul Kagame's international standing. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner is encouraging a rapprochement. An independent inquiry (see Pointer) has scotched the...
Vol 51 No 2 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Two generals fail to make peace 22nd January 2010 The divisions in the Conseil National pour la Défense du Peuple infuriate Rwandan President Paul Kagame, as he struggles to balance the interests of rival party factions with...
Vol 51 No 2 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Who gets the money? 22nd January 2010 The governing Rwandan Patriotic Front has been quarrelling about money as well as politics. In recent years the RPF has been privatising its assets, notably Tri-Star Holdings, a...
Vol 51 No 1 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila and a sad jubilee 8th January 2010 New clashes erupt, the UN mandate is extended but only for six months, the neighbours cause trouble over oil and national elections are coming This year, President Joseph Kabila has his chance to boost his standing with voters before the 2011 presidential and parliamentary election campaign. It is also the 50th anniversary...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 12 | CONGO-KINSHASASOUTH KOREA Cooperating with Cohydro 21st October 2010 Korea National Oil Corporation is discussing a potential strategic partnership with the parastatal Congolaise des Hydrocarbures. KNOC President Kang Young-won and Cohydro Chairman Séraphin Tshibambe Ndjibu were in...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 11 | CONGO-KINSHASAMININGASIA Aiming high 22nd September 2010 China will soon surge ahead to become Congo's leading partner but not before sorting out employment and artisanal mining issues Congo-Kinshasa will outstrip its rivals over the next two years to become the world's second largest copper producer (behind Chile), with a total annual production of 1.94 million...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 9 | CONGO-KINSHASAINDIABRIEFING Take the diamonds and run 20th July 2010 A fly-by-night Indian company registered in Hong Kong has packed its bags and disappeared after mining diamonds and not paying taxes for more than four years. Kasaï Oriental's Direction Provinciale des...
Vol 3 (AAC) No 8 | CONGO-KINSHASAASIA Private grief, state cash 17th June 2010 Most of China’s massive investment in Congo comes not from private companies but from the state enterprises leading the charge to Kinshasa China may be the biggest state investor in Congo but its private companies have invested less than those from South Africa and Britain, a new survey in Kinshasa reveals....