500 kilos of gold, a war criminal and Gulfstream jet

It is a plot made in Hollywood – last Thursday, a Gulfstream jet arrived at… Read More

Rift Valley Course on the Great Lakes this summer in Bujumbura

We will be teaching a course this summer on the politics and history of the… Read More

There must be something in the water these days that makes journalists prone to radical… Read More

A few updates: The Congolese government signed a deal yesterday with its Chinese counterpart… Read More

This past week there was a breakthrough in peace negotiations between the national army and… Read More

A friend sent me this paragraph from an internal UN agency report this week. Read More

Stephen Kinzer, a staunch supporter of Rwandan President Paul Kagame just published an opinion… Read More

Apparently not many people. President Kabila imposed an export ban on minerals from the Kivus… Read More

Here are the latest figures I’ve been able to get from the UN regarding voter… Read More

As previously reported here, Rwanda, Burundi and the DR Congo met in Kigali last… Read More

According to diplomatic and NGO sources, two members of Kamerhe’s UNC party have been arrested in Kindu. According… Read More

A few recent interviews of Kamerhe, Tshisekedi and Kabila. Kamerhe speaks on… Read More

I made a few slight mistakes on my previous elections posting –… Read More

A few stories of interest: The national assembly has finally approved the composition of the… Read More

Some eyebrows have been lifted recently by the AU’s choice of envoy to the Ivory… Read More