A Series of Scandals Embroil Security Forces in the Congo

There have been several scandals in the Congo over the past month that have… Read More

Polling in the Congo

We are still a long way away from elections in the Congo (November 2011 is the chimerical date), but, as any Congo Siasa… Read More

A report was released last week by the Open Society Justice Initiative, penned… Read More

A bunch of Congolese politicians have recently been courting Jean-Pierre Bemba, the head of… Read More

Believe it or not, despite the headlines of UN failures, there have been some modest gains… Read More

Just a few months ago, President Kabila’s outlook wasn’t too bad. He had achieved… Read More

A quick update of the sexual violence statistics. Here are the most recent… Read More

I wrote this as a response to Kate’s posting below. Read More

I invited Kate Cronin-Furman, of Wronging Rights fame, to chime in on the… Read More

A strange press statement was issue yesterday in Goma, or rather the combination… Read More

How many women have been raped in the eastern Congo? We have no exact… Read More

Yes, it does. I have gone on the record saying… Read More

Bloomberg ran the following story today: “Barclays Capital Says Congo ‘Maximum Risk’ Investment,” quoting… Read More

Not much, according to Professor of Economics R.T. Naylor from McGill University. This is… Read More

Following in a very timely fashion, Human Rights Watch put out a call for… Read More