Joseph Kabila

CONTRACTS AND THE NATIONAL INTEREST President Joseph Kabila and the ruling Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et le Développement (PPRD) have called for the United Nations’ peacekeepers to quit Congo-Kinshasa as soon as possible to convey a symbolic reassertion of the country’s autonomy...

On 25 April Monuc gratified President Joseph Kabila by announcing the imminent departure of Senegalese troops from Dingila in Orientale Province 500 kilometres north of Kisangani...

Banda is popular with fellow leaders in the region including Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe South Africa’s Jacob Zuma Swaziland’s King Mswati and Congo-Kinshasa’s Joseph Kabila...

Waiting for Kabila President Joseph Kabila is blocking exploration contracts that were granted several years ago and the lack of his approval has left several companies hanging on in Kinshasa hoping he will sign soon...

The disputes about Congo-Kinshasa’s oil concessions licences claims and terms have grown so tangled that we hear President Joseph Kabila may ask Uganda for help with a review...

A decree is awaited from President Joseph Kabila and both sides are lobbying as high as they can reach...

Despite the receipt of signature bonus payments President Joseph Kabila is yet to ratify any licences in the east...

Yet President Joseph Kabila’s latest government changes could prove a disappointment on both counts...

Also on Ecofin’s list for questioning by the Assembly is the Minister in charge of State Assets Jeannine Mabunda Lioko; the ex-President of the diamond company Société Minière de Bakwanga (Miba) Gustave Luabeya Tshitala; and the Managing Director of Emaxon Finance International controlled by Israeli businessman Dan Gertler who is close to President Joseph Kabila...

After the warming of Paris-Kigali relations last year’s decision by Kagame and Congolese President Joseph Kabila to exploit jointly Lake Kivu’s methane gas to generate electricity also offers more opportunities to French companies...

President Joseph Kabila wants Monuc to leave which would weaken donor influence over the electoral process; in 2006 Monuc's logistics infrastructure ensured the timely delivery of voting materials and its troops protected polling stations...