Vol 55 No 22 |
- BURKINA FASO
Beyond Burkina Faso's borders the drama is being watched intently in countries whose Presidents are planning to extend their rule namely: Congo-Kinshasa's Joseph Kabila Congo-Brazzaville's Denis Sassou-Nguesso Togo's Faure Gnassingbé Benin's Yayi Boni Djibouti's Omar Guelleh Uganda's Yoweri Museveni Burundi's Pierre Nkurunziza and Rwanda's Paul Kagame...
Vol 55 No 19 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
Faced with fierce opposition to amending the constitution so that he can run for a third term President Joseph Kabila is pushing for a new one...
Vol 55 No 19 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
A sweeping restructuring of the army command is the strongest sign yet that President Joseph Kabila Kabange plans to ignore the constitution and seek re-election for a third term in 2016 (see Kabila for ever)...
Vol 55 No 18 |
- FRANCOPHONIE
President Joseph Kabila's decision to back him seems aimed at thwarting the chances of Congo-Brazzaville's candidate former Prime Minister and current Paris Ambassador Henri Lopès 77...
In a letter dated 18 April and copied to among others United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Malawi's then President and SADC Chairperson Joyce Banda; and Congo-Kinshasa President Joseph Kabila the FDLR invited the recipients to attend a ceremonial surrender of men and weapons to SADC...
Vol 55 No 13 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
President Joseph Kabila seems determined to serve a third term of office although his attempts to make the idea popular at home have failed...
Whatever the truth of Mende's accusations of Rwandan provocation they helped divert attention from headlines that had been troubling President Joseph Kabila in preceding weeks...
Vol 55 No 11 |
- CONGO-KINSHASA
President Joseph Kabila Kabange's government believes it can massively increase food production and crop exports by setting up vast commercial farms of tens of thousands of hectares...
However Brazzaville enjoys the backing of the regional superpower Angola which President Joseph Kabila is loath to antagonise...
President Joseph Kabila of Congo-Kinshasa was also persona non grata...