Who is buying minerals from the Kivus?

Apparently not many people. President Kabila imposed an export ban on minerals from the Kivus… Read More

Slow progress in voter registration

Here are the latest figures I’ve been able to get from the UN regarding voter… Read More

As previously reported here, Rwanda, Burundi and the DR Congo met in Kigali last… Read More

According to diplomatic and NGO sources, two members of Kamerhe’s UNC party have been arrested in Kindu. According… Read More

A few recent interviews of Kamerhe, Tshisekedi and Kabila. Kamerhe speaks on… Read More

I made a few slight mistakes on my previous elections posting –… Read More

A few stories of interest: The national assembly has finally approved the composition of the… Read More

Some eyebrows have been lifted recently by the AU’s choice of envoy to the Ivory… Read More

In theory we are now ten months away from presidential and legislative elections in the… Read More

I had been looking for some good video’s of the UDPS’s leader maximo’s return on… Read More

There has been some healthy debate in the comments section (h/t to Rich and Julie… Read More

Another step has been taken to make serious changes to the Congolese constitution: Today, the… Read More

I came across this IMF report on progress made by the Congolese government on… Read More

The exact vote count (h/t Rich) on the constitutional revision was 334 for, 1 against… Read More

The news just in from Kinshasa: The constitutional revision passed the national assembly today with… Read More