Gas troubles

A delegation from US oil giant Chevron visited Kinshasa several weeks ago to discuss the… Read More

Are authoritarian regimes better at promoting economic growth?

I few days ago, I asked whether Rwanda should follow in Singapore’s steps and clamp… Read More

A couple of blog posts ago, I summarized some of the complaints leveled against… Read More

Two new accounts out on the LRA’s recent activity by Human Rights Watch and… Read More

A couple of days ago, the Congolese electoral authority announced the election calendar for the… Read More

Pardon me for not blogging about Kagame’s electoral victory; it was not much of a… Read More

Once again, the éminence grise at the presidency, Katumba Mwanke, is in the headlines in… Read More

Correction: The proposed budget for the organization of local and national elections is apparently $700… Read More

You may have missed it (I did), but in late July President Kabila finally signed… Read More

The following is from a story in the Ugandan online newspaper Uganda Record:… Read More

Most of the focus in the run-up to the elections in Rwanda has been on… Read More

Rwanda will be heading to the polls on August 9th, and while there may not… Read More

#1 – Laurent Kabila’s assassination Ah, this is mired in a web of rumors and… Read More

It seems to be that there has been an awful lot of debate of late… Read More

Ever since Vital Kamerhe fell out with Joseph Kabila in January 2009, rumors have been… Read More