Au revoir, Obasanjo

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

Kimia II: pros and cons

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

Follow-up on MONUC report

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

MONUC internal report about ex-CNDP killings

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

Perestroika and the Kivus

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

With friends likes these, who needs enemies?

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

Between the Hammer & the Anvil

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

Will there be local elections next year?

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

Did we solve one crisis by creating another?

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

Analysis of 2009 budget (first trimester)

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

Interview with Foreign Military Expert on MONUC

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

How much $$$ is the Congo getting?

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

Are we really serious about getting rid of the FDLR?

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

Adieu, MONUC?

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

“Major-General” Yakutumba

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