Congo Siasa Hiatus
Congo Siasa will be on break until March 14. Read More
Update on military changes in South Kivu
Following up on my last post, here is some information about what kind of… Read More
Military changes come to the Kivus, slowly
Over the past several months, the Congolese army has been slowly reconfiguring its units in… Read More
Kadhalika
A few interesting stories: Around a hundred Congolese are apparently stuck in Libya and… Read More
Leader of Congolese armed group assassinated
The main military commander of the FPLC armed group, Col. Emmanuel Nsengiyumva, was assassinated two… Read More
Attack on state installations in Kinshasa – Coup attempt?
Two groups of men armed with machetes and machine guns attacked the Kokolo military camp and the residence of President Joseph Kabila… Read More
A hiccup in efforts to render mineral trade more transparent?
Bloomberg had an article this week suggesting that the US legislation against conflict minerals… Read More
How not to write about Congo
Let me take a page from Binyavanga Wainaina’s essay and blog my own two… Read More
Divided they fall?
It appears that President Kabila’s constitutional revisions are already paying off. Yesterday, Etienne Tshisekedi… Read More
WikiLeaks: Angola-Congo relations
This is the second in a series of postings based on extracts from US embassy… Read More
Could Congo be Egypt?
About three weeks ago, the various Congolese listservs I am subscribed to stopped talking about… Read More
Armed groups weaken in the Kivus
Some good news from the East, finally. Following up on previous reports about the integration… Read More
WikiLeaks Paint Unflattering Picture of Congolese Leaders
Congo Siasa will be publishing a series of articles over the coming weeks drawing on… Read More
Tshisekedi wants to go it alone
Reuters carried this story two days ago, an interview with Tshisekedi in which he… Read More