News round-up: Maniema Dojo, Nkunda and Agathe

A short news round-up: In the next installment of my series on raucous caucuses, Maniema’s… Read More

The Richest Man in the Congo?

George Forrest embodies the symbiosis of business and politics in the Congo. (He is also… Read More

The US Supreme Court will soon rule on a case of great importance to the… Read More

A few miscellaneous tidbits: The Paris Club of Creditors agreed Thursday to cancel $1.3… Read More

There was a good article in the Africa-Asia Confidential newsletter last week on the Congo-China… Read More

As expected, the CNDP is not happy about not getting any cabinet positions in PM… Read More

As mentioned in the last post, the CNDP will probably not be very happy that… Read More

After months of waiting and rumor-mongering, President finally shuffled his cabinet today. (A full list… Read More

Here’s an example of what kinds of killings are going on in South Kivu at… Read More

Now for something a bit different, for a change. This is a hotly awaited release… Read More

There is not much news from North Kivu these days, which is why the press… Read More

A few tidbits: 1. In my series on provincial politics (see… Read More

What’s in a name? Congo Ba Leki reported a few days ago that Mayor Guy… Read More

The UN Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has just released a documentary… Read More

According to the UN Population Fund, there were more than 8,000 cases of sexual violence… Read More