Aftershocks of Chebeya’s death
Some news on the Chebeya assassination trial. AFP and RFI are… Read More
The love triangle: Rwanda-Uganda-DRC
A new militia reared its head this year in North Kivu called the FPLC, led… Read More
Trouble in Kabila’s coalition?
The news of Floribert Chebeya’s presumed murder comes at a bad time for the president’s… Read More
Death of Chebeya & Suspension of Numbi
I have been traveling – apologies for the feeble Congo Siasa presence of late. Read More
Welcome MONUSCO
The Security Council will vote either today or tomorrow on a new mandate for MONUC. Read More
Unrest in Lubumbashi
On Sunday evening, the town of Lubumbahsi was alerted by large movements of military personnel… Read More
Doss announces resignation; mining troubles
Some news: In a letter distributed to MONUC staff yesterday, the head of the mission… Read More
Kadhalika
I was thinking about blogging about developments in Rwanda, but Texas in Africa beat me to most of… Read More
Spying in the Congo
There was a nice piece by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker on spying. Read More
New governors for the Kivus?
South Kivu will soon have a new governor. On May 12th, the application process was… Read More
Update on integration of armed groups
My apologies for being absent for a week. I will try to catch up on… Read More
Conflict Minerals: Summary of Initiatives
I thought it would be good to get an overview of various initiatives underway to… Read More
NYPD vs UN Group of Experts
US authorities managed to nab Faisal Shahzad – the Times Square aspiring bomber – after… Read More
News roundup
Apologies for the long absence. In the meantime, a few things have happened: The new CNDP President Philippe Gafishi met with President Kabila,… Read More
CNDP-Kigali rift
More and more former CNDP members seem to be falling out with the government in… Read More