New sexual violence statistics

A paper was published today in the American Journal of Public Health with a… Read More

Viva Riva! – Film Noir from Kinshasa’s ghetto

Tired of just hearing about killing and suffering from the Congo? Viva Riva!, the… Read More

There has been some trouble brewing over the past few months in Bas-Congo and Bandundu… Read More

A new ICG report was published this week that obviates the need for me… Read More

I’m back finally after almost two weeks of absence from Congo Siasa. While I’ve been missing, there have been… Read More

Easter was celebrated in Kinshasa with several political events. First, Etienne Tshisekedi held a large… Read More

With only seven months to go before elections in the Congo, donors are trying to… Read More

Some news items of interest: The MLC party has changed leadership – Thomas Luhaka,… Read More

A new book was released on Rwanda this week, edited by Scott Strauss and… Read More

This is a guest blog by Elisabeth Caesens, DRC Mining Governance Project Coordinator for the… Read More

As we wait (still) for the election commission to publish the new electoral calendar, many… Read More

Sad but true: Miss Vodacom Congo, who was just named several weeks ago, had to… Read More

A meeting took place on Sunday at the residence of Francois Mwamba, the secretary-general of… Read More

The Congolese public has been waiting for weeks now for the election commission to publish… Read More

[I apologizes for my brief absence, largely linked to the publication of my book. Hopefully… Read More