Message a tous les lecteurs francophones
Chers lecteurs francophones: j’ai recu pas mal de messages me demandant de publier ce blog en francais. Ca fait du sens, bien sur,… Read More
UDPS congress begins in Kinshasa
Etienne Tshisekedi addressed his party’s national congress yesterday in Kinshasa. A full 5,000 delegates are reportedly attending from around the Congo and… Read More
Fresh air in Congolese politics
It’s (almost) official: Vital Kamerhe is leaving the PPRD ruling party and creating his own party, the Union pour la Nation Congolaise… Read More
TshiTshi returns
Tshisekedi arrived in Kinshasa yesterday after three years in « medical exile. » There is some debate about how many people showed up to… Read More
The race for the presidency kicks off
Although President Kabila said that the election campaign will not begin until mid-2011, one can consider that the unofficial race kicked off… Read More
Kabila’s interview
Yesterday, Belgian journalist Colette Braeckmann published an interview with President Kabila in Le Soir. You can read the whole interview here. Read More
Do UN sanctions matter for the Congo? The experts respond
Congo Siasa spoke with three members – Steve Hege, Fred Robarts and Greg Mthembu-Salter – of the UN Group of Experts on… Read More
What does WikiLeaks say about Central Africa?
There were, of course, many cables relating to the Great Lakes among the 250,000 State Department cables released last week. Very few,… Read More
News we missed last week
News I failed to blog on last week: The newly ordained cardinal of Kinshasa, Laurent Monsegwo, arrived in Kinshasa from Rome… Read More
The Congo’s day in Congress
A somewhat strange hearing took place this week on Capitol Hill. The Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities subcommittee of the House’s Armed… Read More
Exclusive: Interview with UN Group of Experts
Following the release of their report this week, Congo Siasa interviewed Steve Hege (armed groups expert), Fred Robarts (regional issues expert), and… Read More
ECI paper released
A bunch of Congo-focused events took place in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, centered around the release of the Eastern Congo Initiative (ECI)… Read More
News roundup: Vital Lula, UN sanctions and Tshisekedi
The UN has added four people to its sanctions list for violation of its sanctions regime – Col. Innocent Zimurinda, an ex-CNDP commander, and three… Read More
New UN Group of Experts Report is Out
Congo Siasa is back, just in time for the new UN Group of Experts’ report. It’s a great… Read More
Congo Siasa On Vacation
Congo Siasa will be offline for the next ten days. Read More