World Cup, Rwandan shuffle and troop movements
Some news: Joseph Kabila is on his way to South Africa to attend a few… Read More
What happened in Kingakati?
On May 29, President Kabila summoned the members of his ruling AMP coalition to his… Read More
How we pine for those halcyon days of Nkunda
Some news out of Goma, where President Kabila has been visiting for the past few… Read More
Roger Meece to Replace Alan Doss
Ban Ki-Moon announced yesterday that US diplomat Roger Meece would replace Alan Doss as… Read More
List of armed groups in the Kivus
Armed groups in the eastern Congo are like brooms in Disney’s (Goethe) Sorcerer’s Apprentice: They… Read More
Aftershocks of Chebeya’s death
Some news on the Chebeya assassination trial. AFP and RFI are… Read More
The love triangle: Rwanda-Uganda-DRC
A new militia reared its head this year in North Kivu called the FPLC, led… Read More
Trouble in Kabila’s coalition?
The news of Floribert Chebeya’s presumed murder comes at a bad time for the president’s… Read More
Death of Chebeya & Suspension of Numbi
I have been traveling – apologies for the feeble Congo Siasa presence of late. Read More
Welcome MONUSCO
The Security Council will vote either today or tomorrow on a new mandate for MONUC. Read More
Unrest in Lubumbashi
On Sunday evening, the town of Lubumbahsi was alerted by large movements of military personnel… Read More
Doss announces resignation; mining troubles
Some news: In a letter distributed to MONUC staff yesterday, the head of the mission… Read More
Kadhalika
I was thinking about blogging about developments in Rwanda, but Texas in Africa beat me to most of… Read More
Spying in the Congo
There was a nice piece by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker on spying. Read More
New governors for the Kivus?
South Kivu will soon have a new governor. On May 12th, the application process was… Read More