More thoughts about due diligence in the minerals trade

There’s been some good fisticuffs on the internet of late around conflict minerals. Laura at… Read More

Congo enters the axis of evil

Ok, not quite. But numerous sources in Ugandan intelligence have placed the blame for the… Read More

There has been some debate of late in the blogosphere about the US legislation on… Read More

Nick Kristof wrote a nice blog piece yesterday about his portrayal of aid in… Read More

I should really be writing about the arrest of another journalist in Rwanda. Or the… Read More

What was Joseph Kabila thinking? According to local and Belgian press, he gave Belgian Queen… Read More

The results from an independent Dutch autopsy of Congolese activist Floribert Chebeya were made public… Read More

Sources close to the FDLR suggest that Burundian FNL leader Agathon Rwasa might be in… Read More

In Rwanda, there have been more arrests of high-ranking RDF officers. On July 3, Colonel… Read More

As readers of this blog will know, the Rwandan government has been cracking down against… Read More

I had been told that South Africa was handling the Kayumba assassination attempt with secrecy… Read More

The Canadian government is now reported to be blocking the granting of almost $10… Read More

Happy Birthday, Congo.I have posted below Patrice Lumumba’ independence speech that he read in from… Read More

Numerous sources in Uganda indicate that Gad Ngabo, the leader of the FPLC rebellion that… Read More

Jean-Leonard Rugambage, the editor of the Umuvugizi newspaper in Kigali, was gunned down in front… Read More