Au revoir, Obasanjo

The UN envoy to the Great Lakes, Olusegun Obasanjo, announced today that he was… Read More

Kimia II: pros and cons

Is Kimia II worth it? Consider the following figures that I got my hands onto… Read More

Just a quick word on the refugee returns – I checked with a UNHCR report… Read More

I got my hands on an internal MONUC report on killings by ex-CNDP (Nkunda’s former… Read More

Just when you thought there were enough complexities in the Kivus – the ex-CNDP boys… Read More

The main opposition party in the Congo, the Mouvement de liberation du Congo (MLC), has… Read More

505 civilians killed by the Congolese army in Nyabiondo, that was the sad statistic announced… Read More

I was talking to a Congolese (opposition) parliamentarian today about the 2010 budget, which has… Read More

The detente between Kigali and Kinshasa has caused a lot of jubilation amongst diplomats. After… Read More

I just now got around to taking a look of the Congo’s budgetary performance for… Read More

The following is a Q & A with a military analyst who has extensive experience… Read More

Further to a posting from a few days ago, I’ve tried to summarize the amount… Read More

There are some pretty simple steps we could do to get rid of the FDLR… Read More

There are two birthdays coming up that should be of interest. There is, of course,… Read More

It was a bit anti-climactic when, two days ago in the steamy lakeside town of… Read More