Finally, a solution for “conflict minerals”

In my continuing series on “What’s for Christmas” blog, today I feature…drones!… Read More

Kabila’s visit to the East

Kabila has been on a PR-blitz recently, visiting much of the country, including restive Equateur… Read More

Stop the press, the CNDP (Laurent Nkunda’s former armed group) has a new president! Ok,… Read More

Some gossip from within the UN system: 1. Discussions have begun around… Read More

I received a lot of comments on my last blog posting – thanks for this. Read More

There has been another flurry of opinion pieces this past week on sexual violence in… Read More

On the heels on the recent UN report on support to armed groups in the… Read More

MONUC’s latest report to the Security Council said it would like a shorter mandate –… Read More

What is going on in Dongo, a small fishing village on the Ubangi river in… Read More

As on the momentous occasion of the third anniversary of President Kabila’s inauguration, I interviewed… Read More

A few news highlights: Augustin Katumba Mwanke, the highly influential presidential advisor (especially regarding all… Read More

A reader posted this comment in response to my posting on the CNDP parallel administration… Read More

Inter-Rwandan Dialogue. Again and again, Congolese civil society actors and politicians come back to this… Read More

An update on ex-CNDP administration in Masisi territory. According to a recent trip by UN… Read More

Kabila went on the offensive this week, visiting Mbuji-Mayi and Gemena. That’s roughly like… Read More