The United Nations' Board of Inquiry report on the murders of Congo-Kinshasa Group of Experts members Michael J Sharp and Zaida Catalán in central Kasaï on 12 March has come under sharp attack. Sonia Rolley the Radio France International correspondent in
15th Sep 2017

Reuters correspondent Aaron Ross became the latest journalist to be forced out of Kinshasa on 4 August. The authorities refused to renew his visa after the agency had enraged President Joseph Kabila's family by reporting that they were corruptly making US
25th Aug 2017

This was never a strife-torn region (AC Vol 37 No 2 Kasaï takes off). The Kasaï provinces had long escaped the fate of less fortunate parts of Congo-Kinshasa but in the past year violence has grown sharply. A large military deployment by the government
21st Jul 2017

Some see the call by the Congo-Kinshasa's government for a joint Sino-Spanish plan to develop the much-delayed Inga hydropower project as a political trick to keep both China and the West happy while President Joseph Kabila finds a way to extend his grip
29th Jun 2017

Few would have expected Africa to be the focus of Chancellor Angela Merkel's leadership of the Group of Twenty whose presidency rotates annually. Nevertheless she will host a 'High-Level Dialogue' of G-20 and African leaders on 12-13 June in Berlin. The
26th May 2017

Located within walking distance of the European Union institutions Rue Belliard is the Brussels equivalent of Washington DC's K Street and the centre of the lobbying industry in Europe. Disclosure rules in Europe are however far laxer than in the Unite
12th May 2017

The African Union has launched its initiative to mediate between armed groups and the government and to convince the militia to implement disarmament demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) and get back to civilian politics. There has long been concern t
17th Mar 2017

Prime Minister Youssef Chahed's 'unity' government seems to have plenty going for it with a good balance of political factions and technocrats and strong international backing. Underlining Tunisia's liberal traditions the cabinet boasts several highly
6th Jan 2017

Six months into the presidency of Roch Marc Christian Kaboré frustration is mounting with a government that appears to have no idea how to pull the country out of its post-transition morass. There is a danger of reverting to the bad old ways of Kaboré's
8th Jul 2016

Aspiring presidential candidate Moïse Katumbi flew to South Africa amid growing fears for his safety on 20 May. After coming under increased pressure to step down at the end of his legal times in office on 19 December President Joseph Kabila had defiantl
19th May 2016